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The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

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Loss of rights to benefits

T6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may direct that all or part of any rights to benefits or other amounts payable to or in respect of a member be forfeited if the member is convicted of any of the following offences, committed before the benefit or other amount becomes payable—

(a)an offence in connection with employment to which the scheme applies which is certified by the Secretary of State either to have been gravely injurious to the State or to be liable to lead to serious loss of confidence in the public service;

(b)an offence of treason;

(c)one or more offences under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989(1) for which the member has been sentenced on the same occasion to a term of imprisonment of, or to two or more consecutive terms amounting in the aggregate to, at least 10 years.

(2) A guaranteed minimum pension may be forfeited only if paragraph (b) or (c) applies.

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