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Paragraph 11 Normal retirement pension

(1)

In the case of members who are or have been practitioners, regulation E1 (normal retirement pension) is modified so that the yearly rate of a member’s pension—

(a)

in respect of officer service, will be equal to 1/80th of final year’s pensionable pay for each complete year of service, plus the relevant daily proportion for each additional day (as described in that regulation); and

(b)

in respect of practitioner service will be equal to 1.4 per cent. of the member’s uprated earnings.

F1(2)

In respect of —

(a)

any scheme year prior to the 2008-2009 scheme year, the member’s uprated earnings have been uprated in the manner determined by the Secretary of State having consulted such professional organisations as the Secretary of State considered appropriate;

C1(b)

the 2008-2009 scheme year and any later scheme year, the member’s uprated earnings are to be calculated by uprating the member’s pensionable earnings by the amount of the annual increase due under the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 and section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, plus 1.5 per cent annually.

(3)

Nothing in this paragraph shall be taken to require the Secretary of State to revisit the calculation of uprated earnings referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(3) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 11(2) (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/654), regs. 1(2), 65(11) (as amended by S.I. 2008/906, reg. 2)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(b) modified (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/95), regs. 1(b), 18(a)