{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-J3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-J3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/300",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/J3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "J3",
  "heading": "Date on which allocation has effect",
  "text": "(1) An election to allocate shall have effect, and may not be withdrawn or cancelled, once it has been accepted by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The allocation will not take effect if—\n(a) the member dies on or before the day on which the Secretary of State accepts the member’s election;\n(b) the dependant , spouse or civil partner dies before the member is told that the Secretary of State has accepted the election; or\n(c) the member withdraws his application before it is accepted by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. J3(2)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by The National Health Service (Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Civil Partnership) Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3074), regs. 1, 2(15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/regulation/J3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:02.304130+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."
}