PART 4Voluntary contributions

Interpretation of Part 4

14.—(1) In this Part—

2011 regulation Q8” means regulation Q8 of the 1995 Section(1) (option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension);

2011 regulation Q10” means regulation Q10 of the 1995 Section (member’s option to pay lump sum contributions to purchase additional pension);

2011 regulation Q11” means regulation Q11 of the 1995 Section (payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority);

“2013 regulation 2.C.8” means regulation 2.C.8 of the 2008 Section(2) (member’s option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension);

“2013 regulation 2.C.10” means regulation 2.C.10 of the 2008 Section (member’s option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension);

“2013 regulation 2.C.11” means regulation 2.C.11 of the 2008 Section (payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority);

“2013 regulation 3.C.6” means regulation 3.C.6 of the 2008 Section(3) (member’s option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension);

“2013 regulation 3.C.8” means regulation 3.C.8 of the 2008 Section (member’s option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension);

“2013 regulation 3.C.9” means regulation 3.C.9 of the 2008 Section (payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority);

2015 regulation 47” means regulation 47 of the 2015 Regulations (payment of buy-out contributions);

2015 regulation 58” means regulation 58 of the 2015 Regulations (accepting an additional pension election);

2015 regulation 61” means regulation 61 of the 2015 Regulations (lump sum contributions: payment of contributions and credit of additional pension);

2015 regulation 63” means regulation 63 of the 2015 Regulations (periodic contributions);

2015 transitional regulation 25” means regulation 25 of the 2015 Transitional Regulations(4) (decoupling of benefits derived from additional contributions);

actuarial increase” means a late payment actuarial increase under paragraph 2 of schedule 11 of the 2015 Regulations (calculation of pension: late payment of pension with actuarial increase) where the calculation of that increase must take account of any buy-out election in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph;

actuarial reduction” has the meaning given in paragraph 9 of schedule 7 of the 2015 Regulations (pension accounts);

relevant contributions” means contributions that were paid by the remedy member—

(a)

on or after the member’s 60th birthday if the member’s contributions are to be treated as if they had been paid under a corresponding option exercised under the 2011 Regulations, or

(b)

on or after the member’s 65th birthday if the member’s contributions are to be treated as if they had been paid under a corresponding option exercised under the 2013 Regulations;

remedy period” means the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022 (including those dates).

(1)

Regulations Q8, Q10 and Q11 of the 1995 Section were inserted by S.S.I. 2011/117.

(2)

The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/224) were amended by S.S.I. 2009/19, S.S.I. 2009/208, S.S.I. 2010/22, S.S.I. 2010/53, S.S.I. 2010/369, S.I. 2010/234, S.S.I. 2011/364, S.S.I. 2012/69, S.S.I. 2013/70, S.S.I. 2013/109 and S.S.I. 2013/168.

(3)

Regulations 3.C.6, 3.C.8 and 3.C.9 of the 2013 Regulations were modified by S.S.I. 2015/95.

(4)

Regulation 25 of the 2015 Transitional Regulations was amended by S.S.I. 2022/100 and S.S.I. 2022/327.