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

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Regulation 78

SCHEDULE 2Amendments of the 1995 Regulations, the 2008 Regulations and the 2015 Transitional Regulations

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Amendment of the 1995 Regulations

1.  In the 1995 Regulations, in regulation B3 (restriction on further participation in this Section of the scheme)(1), after paragraph (A2), insert—

(A3) Nothing in paragraphs (8G) to (8U) of this regulation prevents a member’s remediable service within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 being treated as pensionable service under this Section of the scheme in accordance with section 2 of that Act (remediable service treated as pensionable under Chapter 1 legacy schemes)..

Amendment of the 2008 Regulations

2.—(1) The 2008 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2.B.2 (restrictions on eligibility: general)(2), after paragraph (A2), insert—

(A3) Nothing in paragraphs (1A) and (1C) to (1LF) of this regulation prevents a member’s remediable service within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 being treated as pensionable service under this Section of the Scheme in accordance with section 2 of that Act (remediable service treated as pensionable under Chapter 1 legacy schemes)..

(3) In regulation 3.B.2 (restrictions on eligibility: general)(3), after paragraph (A2), insert—

(A3) Nothing in paragraphs (1A) and (1C) to (1L) of this regulation prevents a member’s remediable service within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 being treated as pensionable service under this Section of the Scheme in accordance with section 2 of that Act (remediable service treated as pensionable under Chapter 1 legacy schemes)..

Amendment of the 2015 Transitional Regulations

3.—(1) Regulation 27 of the 2015 Transitional Regulations (ill-health benefits: continuity of existing applications) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), after “This regulation” insert “, except paragraph (1A) and paragraph (2) to the extent that it relates to paragraph (1A),”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), in the words before paragraph (i), for “1st April 2022 (“the transition date”)—” substitute “the transition date—”.

(3) After paragraph (1), insert—

(1A) This regulation, except paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) to the extent that it relates to paragraph (1), applies during the application period to a member—

(a)who has remediable service in the legacy scheme up to and including 31st March 2022—

(i)that is pensionable service under that scheme by virtue of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022;

(ii)in respect of which an immediate choice election by virtue of regulation 9 of the National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (election for 2015 scheme benefits: immediate choice members and deceased members) has not been made;

(b)who on the transition date—

(i)was prevented from contributing to or accruing further pensionable service in the 1995 Section or being an active member of the 2008 Section; and

(ii)was eligible to be an active member of the new scheme;

(c)who submitted Form AW33E (or such other form as the Secretary of State accepted) together with supporting medical evidence (if not included in the form) for the purposes of 2015 regulation 90 before the transition date;

(d)whose Form AW33E (or such other form as the Secretary of State accepted) and supporting medical evidence (“the member’s application for ill-health pension”) was received by the Secretary of State before the transition date; and

(e)whose ill-health pension had not become payable under the new scheme before the transition date..

(4) In paragraph (2), in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”.

(5) In paragraph (21)—

(a)in the definition of “the member’s application for ill-health pension”—

(i)for “give” substitute “given”;

(ii)at the end, insert “or (1A)(d) (whichever is relevant)”;

(b)at the end of the definition of “the pension comparison calculation”, for the full stop substitute a semicolon;

(c)after that definition, insert ““the transition date” means 1st April 2022.”.

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