The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation C4

8.  For regulation C4(6) (pensionable service in respect of part time employment) substitute–

“(6) If a member with pensionable service in part-time employment becomes entitled to a pension under regulation E2 (early retirement pension (ill health)), E2A (ill health pension on early retirement), E3 (early retirement pension (redundancy etc.)) or E3A (early retirement pension (redundancy etc., new starters and post-transition))–

(a) the member’s pensionable service in part-time employment will count at its full length for the purpose of calculating–

(i) whether and (if so) to what extent, the pensionable service upon which the pension under regulation E2 or E2A is based should be increased under either of those regulations; or

(ii) the qualifying service for the purposes of regulation E3(2)(a) or regulation E3A(2)(a); and

(b) the pension will be based on the whole-time equivalent of the period of part time employment and, in the case of a pension under regulation E2 or E2A, the increase under either of those regulations will be limited to such amount as bears the same proportion to the amount that would have been paid had the pensionable service not been part-time as the whole time equivalent bears to comparable whole time employment.”.