PART 3Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 2.E.1846

In regulation 2.E.18 (amount of lump sum: dual capacity members (disregarding regulation 2.D.5 employments))–

a

in paragraph (1) after “active member” insert “or a non contributing member”; and

b

in paragraph (2) for sub paragraph (a) substitute–

a

five times the annual rate of pension–

i

payable under regulation 2.D.8(5) (upper tier ill health pension), if the deceased had not reached the age of 65;

ii

payable under regulation 2.D.1 (normal retirement pensions), if the deceased had reached the age of 65,

to which the member would have been entitled–

aa

in the case of a deceased active member, at the member’s date of death; and

bb

in the case of a deceased non contributing member, on the last day of the member’s pensionable service; and