EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 and the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008 so as to provide for changes to pensionable pay bands or earnings bands and employee contribution percentage rates for the 2013-14 Scheme Year (which is the period from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014) for practitioners and also for officer members who change employment or start employment in the scheme year.