The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 3.J.9

81.  In regulation 3.J.9(5) (interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b), after “member’s death” insert “, other than a pension payable under regulation 3.E.20A (pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75)”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(f) in the case of an amount in respect of a pension under regulation 3.E.20A that is payable to—

(i) the member’s personal representatives, the date on which probate or letters of administration were produced to the Secretary of State,

(ii) any person or body to whom the pension has been assigned by the member’s personal representatives, the date on which the notice under regulation 3.E.21(10) was received by the Secretary of State, and

(iii) any person or body other than those referred to in (i) and (ii), the day immediately following the day of the member’s death.”.