# The National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 2002, Regulation 7: Partial surrender of annual allowance


Where, under regulation J1 of the Pension Scheme Regulations (allocation of part of pension), an entitled officer may surrender part of his pension in favour of his spouse or any other dependant, he may surrender part of the annual allowance which is payable to him under these Regulations, after any reduction under regulation 10, on the like terms and conditions, and in consideration of the like payments by the Secretary of State, as if the said annual allowance were a pension to which he had become entitled under the Pension Scheme Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1311/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-for-premature-retirement-regulations-2002/regulation-7
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