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The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/619 · Made 16 March 2000 · Extends to England and Wales

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 16th March 2000

Laid before Parliament 20th March 2000

Coming into force 10th April 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 10(1), (2), (2A) and (3) and 12(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting such representatives of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations as appear to him to be appropriatef2 and with the consent of the Treasuryf3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 11; subsection (1)(a) of section 10 was amended by the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 5; subsection (1) was amended, and subsection (2A) was inserted, by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7), sections 4(2) and 8(5).

f2

See section 10(4) of the Superannuation Act 1972.

f3

See section 10(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972, and article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).

Contents

  1. Part I: PRELIMINARY
  2. 1Citation, commencement and retrospective effect
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 2ACivil partnerships and marriage of same sex couples
  5. Part II: ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
  6. 3Making and acceptance of elections
  7. 4Payment and amount of additional voluntary contributions
  8. 5Variation and cancellation of elections
  9. 6Circumstances in which elections cease to have effect
  10. 7Investment of additional voluntary contributions
  11. 8Inward transfers
  12. 9Inward transfers: mis-sold pensions
  13. 10Outward transfers
  14. Part III: PROVISION OF BENEFITS
  15. 11Retirement and dependants’ benefits
  16. 12Lump sums on death
  17. 13Benefit limits Repealed
  18. Part IV: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  19. 14Repayment of investments in certain cases
  20. 15Payments by the Secretary of State
  21. 16Information
  22. 17Payments in respect of deceased persons
  23. 17APension sharing on divorce or nullity of marriage or, dissolution or nullity of civil partnership
  24. 18Benefits not assignable on bankruptcy
  25. 19Offset for crime, negligence or fraud
  26. 20Loss of rights to benefits
  27. 21Determination of questions
  28. 22Tax
  29. Signature
  30. Schedule 1: BENEFIT LIMITS Repealed
  31. Part 1: INTERPRETATION Repealed
  32. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  33. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  34. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  35. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  36. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  37. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  38. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  39. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  40. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  41. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  42. Part II: RETIREMENT PENSIONS Repealed
  43. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  44. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  45. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  46. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  47. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  48. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  49. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  50. Part III: DEPENDANTS' PENSIONS Repealed
  51. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  52. Part IV: LUMP SUMS ON DEATH Repealed
  53. 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
  54. Schedule 2: PENSION SHARING ON DIVORCE OR NULLITY OF MARRIAGE OR, DISSOLUTION OR NULLITY OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
  55. 1Discharge of liability in respect of a pension credit
  56. 2Investment of appropriate rights
  57. 3Discharge of liability in respect of a pension credit following the death of the person entitled to the pension credit
  58. 4Pension credit benefit
  59. 5Outward transfers
  60. 6Commutation of the whole of pension credit benefit before normal benefit age
  61. 7Commutation of the whole of pension credit benefit at normal benefit age
  62. 8Pension credit member dies before pension credit benefit becomes payable
  63. 9Pension credit member dies after pension credit benefit becomes payable
  64. 10Excluded membership
  65. 11Payment of lump sum on death
  66. 12Miscellaneous provisions
  67. 13Offset for crime, negligence or fraud
  68. 14Loss of rights to benefits
  69. Explanatory note