# The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 6: Commutation of the whole of pension credit benefit before normal benefit age


(1) A pension credit member shall be entitled to the commutation of the whole of his pension credit benefit before having reached normal benefit age in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs (b), (e) and (f) of the lump sum rule in section 166(1) of the 2004 Act.
(2) In the case of a pension credit member to whom this paragraph applies, the Secretary of State may realise the investments made under paragraph 2 without purchasing an annuity and the proceeds shall be payable to the pension credit member as a lump sum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/619/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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