The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

Members doing more than one job

10.  In regulation R4–

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute–

“(1) This regulation applies to members in NHS employment–

(a) with more than one employing authority;

(b) who hold, under one employing authority, two or more separate employments; or

(c) to whom paragraph (8A) below applies.”;

(b) in paragraph (8), for the words “In calculating” substitute the words “Subject to paragraph (8A), in calculating”;

(c) after paragraph (8), insert–

“(8A) A member who becomes entitled to a pension under regulation E3 in respect of his employment as an officer and has terminated concurrent employment as a practitioner not more than 12 months before the date on which he becomes entitled to that pension shall not be entitled to receive a pension under that regulation in respect of any employment as a practitioner, but shall be entitled to receive only a pension under regulation E1 or E5 or a preserved pension under regulation E6, in respect of any such employment.

(8B) Where paragraph (8A) applies, the member may, in respect of any service as an officer which has terminated and to which paragraph 9(1), (6) or (9) of Schedule 1 applies, elect for the said paragraph 9 not to apply and instead to receive a pension under regulation E3 in respect of that service.”.