# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, Regulation G16: Purchase of surviving partner’s pension in respect of service before 6th April 1988


(1) Subject to this regulation, an officer in respect of whom a pension has not already become payable under regulation E2 or E2A (ill health retirement pensions) may, in respect of the whole or any part of the member’s contributing service before 6th April 1988, elect to purchase an increase in the amount of any survivor’s pension that becomes payable under this Section of the scheme.
(2) The purchase of an increase under paragraph (1) may be made only in respect of complete years of service, unless the officer wishes to purchase an increase in respect of all of the member’s service before 6th April 1988, in which case the whole of the requisite period may be purchased whether or not it constitutes a multiple of complete years of service.
(3) An election under paragraph (1)—
(a) must be made either—
(i) during the period beginning on 1st April 2008 and ending on 30th June 2009; or
(ii) during the period beginning on 13th March 2014 and ending on 31st March 2015;
(b) must be made by notice in writing, given to the Secretary of State;
(c) must specify the period in respect of which the election is made;
(d) must be accompanied by a declaration in writing signed by the officer that he is of sound health for the member’s age;
(e) is irrevocable.
(4) Each figure in tables 2 and 4 of Schedule 1 is multiplied by a factor of 0.7 in respect of the cost of providing the increase provided under paragraph (1).
(5) In this regulation “survivor’s pension” means a pension that becomes payable by virtue of regulation G14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/regulation/G16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-G16
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