# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, Regulation T7: Commutation of trivial pensions


(1) Where a person has become entitled to a pension of a trivial amount, the Secretary of State may pay to that person a lump sum representing the capital value of that pension and of any benefits that might otherwise have become payable on that person’s death.
(2) Any lump sum payable under this regulation will be calculated by the Secretary of State, after taking advice from the Scheme Actuary.
(3) A pension may be treated as trivial only if all benefits payable under this Section of the scheme to the person concerned are of an amount consistent with—
(a) the preservation requirements; and
(b) either—
(i) the lump sum rule and lump sum death benefit rule, or
(ii) the requirements of regulation 12 of the Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009 (payments by larger pension schemes).
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A payment made under paragraph (1) shall discharge the Secretary of State’s liability in respect of that pension and of any benefits that might otherwise have become payable on that person’s death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/regulation/T7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/regulation-T7
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