The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 985

Public Service Pensions, England And Wales

National Health Service, England And Wales

The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

Made

6th September 2023

Laid before Parliament

8th September 2023

Coming into force

1st October 2023

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2(1) (together with paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2) and 3(1), (2)(b) and (c) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(1) (“PSPA 2013”) and sections 5(1), (5) and (6)(a), 6(1), 7(3), 8, 10(1), 11(1) and (5), 12(1) and (3), 18(1) to (3), (5), (6) and (8), 19(1), (4) and (5), 20(1), (2), (4) and (5), 21(1)(a), (b) and (e), and (2) to (5), 22(1), (2)(c), (d), (e), (i) and (j) and (6), 23(1), 24(1), 25(1) and (4), 26(1) and (2)(a) to (c), 29(1), (7) and (8), 31(2) and (3), and 37(2) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022(2) (“PSPJOA 2022”).

In accordance with section 3(5) of PSPA 2013, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 21(1) of PSPA 2013(3), the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.

To the extent required by section 27 of PSPJOA 2022 as it applies to these Regulations, these Regulations are made in accordance with Treasury directions(4).

(1)

2013 c. 25. Section 3(1) was amended by section 94(2) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 and section 3(2)(c) was inserted by section 94(3) of that Act.

(2)

2022 c. 7.

(3)

Section 21 has been amended by section 94(8) of PSPJOA 2022. The Secretary of State has published a statement pursuant to section 21(2) of PSPA 2013 indicating the persons the Secretary of State would normally expect to consult under section 21(1) of that Act. An up-to-date version of that list may be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-pension-scheme-consultee-list or by writing to the Department of Health and Social Care, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UE

(4)

The Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 2022 which was published on 15th December 2022 and came into force on 19th December 2022. A copy may be obtained from the hyperlink https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022-treasury-directions. A hard copy is available on written request to His Majesty’s Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ.