The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

• Citation: S.I. 2022/991
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, effect and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 30th September 2022.

(3) Regulation 3 has effect retrospectively from 1st April 2022.

(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Section 2 Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

(1) The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (amendment of regulation 30 of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 - members’ contributions: employees)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), for the table substitute—

(b) in paragraph (3), for the table substitute—

(3) In regulation 4 (amendment of regulation 31 of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 - members’ contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers), in paragraph (4), for Table 2 substitute—

Section 3 Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015

(1) The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (eligibility of pensioners), in paragraph 2 (eligibility of 2008 Section pensioners to join new scheme), at the end of the table insert—

a tier 2 ill-health pensioner—

(a) who returns to NHS employment and the first anniversary of that return is on or after 1st April 2022;

(b) to whom regulation 2.G.4(5)(b) or 3.G.4(5)(b) of the 2008 Regulations applies; and

(c) on the first anniversary of the return to NHS employment that person is not eligible to re-join the 2008 Section pursuant to regulation 2.B.2(A1) or 3.B.2(A1) of the 2008 Regulations.