# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008, Regulation 3.L.2: Nominations and notices accepted by the Secretary of State under the 1995 Regulations and Chapter 3.E of these Regulations


(1) This regulation applies if—
(a) on the day a Waiting Period Joiner becomes an active member of this Section of the Scheme—
(i) 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 that Joiner, and
(ii) that Joiner has not revoked that nomination or notice, or
(b) at any time after a Waiting Period Joiner becomes an active member of this Section of the Scheme, that Joiner gives a notice, nomination or declaration for the purposes of a regulation listed in the table in paragraph (4).
(2) The nominations and notices referred to in paragraph (1)(a) 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 those 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 those Regulations;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) For the purpose of this Section of the Scheme a nomination or notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) 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 Waiting Period Joiner’s personal representatives are to receive any lump sum or pension on the death of that Joiner, 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 regulation 3.E.2.
(4) A notice, nomination or declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(b) that is given by a Waiting Period Joiner for the purposes of a regulation listed in column 1 of the following table shall, without more, be treated as a notice, nomination or declaration given for the purposes of the corresponding regulation in column 2.
Column 1
1995 Regulations
Column 2
2008 Regulations
F5
3.E.21
G14
3.E.2

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/3.L.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-3.L.2
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