The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 No. 354

National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 E+W+S

7.—(1) The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation A2 (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—

““parental bereavement leave” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020.”.

(3) In regulation P1 (absence because of illness or injury or certain types of leave) in paragraphs (1) and (4)(b) after “parental leave” in the first place it occurs insert “, parental bereavement leave”.

(4) In Schedule 2 (Medical and Dental Practitioners)—

(a) in paragraph 3 (meaning of pensionable earnings)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(ii) after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2C)(b) after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”.

(b) in paragraph 23(5)(c) (accounts and actuarial reports) after “shared parental leave payments” insert “, parental bereavement leave payments”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 6.4.2020, see reg. 1

(1)

S.I. 1995/300: relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3280 and S.I. 2016/245.