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Regulation 3.K.12 Nominations and notices accepted by the Secretary of State under the 1995 Regulations to apply under Chapter 3.E of these RegulationsF1F2

(1)

This regulation applies if—

(a)

the Secretary of State has accepted any of the nominations or notices specified in paragraph (2) in respect of the benefits to be paid on the death of a person who is a 1995 Section member , and

(b)

on the day that the Secretary of State receives that person’s option to join this Section of the Scheme, that person has not revoked that nomination or notice.

(2)

The nominations and notices referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

a nomination made in accordance with regulation F5 of the 1995 Regulations (payment of lump sum) in favour of one or more persons in respect of any lump sum that becomes payable under regulations F1 to F4 of the 1995 Regulations (which deal with lump sum payments on the death of a member in different circumstances);

(b)

a notice provided for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a) of regulation F5 of the 1995 Regulations that the person’s surviving partner (within the meaning of that regulation) is not to receive the payment of any lump sum that becomes payable under regulations F1 to F4 of the 1995 Regulations;

F3(c)

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(3)

For the purpose of this Section of the Scheme a nomination or notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be treated—

(a)

in the case of the nomination referred to in paragraph (2)(a), as if that nomination has been accepted by the Secretary of State as a notice for the purposes of regulation 3.E.21,

(b)

in the case of a notice referred to in paragraph (2)(b), as if that notice had been accepted by the Secretary of State as a notice for the purposes of regulation 3.E.21 specifying that the Optant’s personal representatives are to receive any lump sum or pension on the death of the Optant, and

(c)

in the case of a notice referred to in paragraph (2)(c), as if that notice had been accepted by the Secretary of State as a declaration for the purposes of regulations 3.E.2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

F2

Ch. 3K inserted (1.10.2009) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2446), regs. 1(2), 94

F3

Reg. 3.K.12(2)(c) omitted (with effect from 1.10.2009) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/418), regs. 1(2)(8), 74 (with reg. 108)