{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/654",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation C2",
  "text": "(1) Regulation C2 (meaning of pensionable service) is amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph (2)(d) insert—\n“(e) in the case of a member who is not a special class officer, any period of pensionable service in excess of 40 years that relates to a period before—\n(i) the member’s 60th birthday; and\n(ii) 1st April 2008.”.\n(3) For paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the benefits described in these regulations will be calculated by reference to a maximum of—\n(a) 45 years pensionable service in the case of a member who is not a special class officer;\n(b) 45 years pensionable service (of which only 40 years may relate to the period before the member reaches age 55) in the case of a member who is a special class officer,\nand if the member’s pensionable service exceeds these limits, the amount of the excess will be ignored.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/654/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:19.737134+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}