{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-4.A.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-4.A.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/653",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4.A.2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4.A.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation: general",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the base amount” means the aggregate of the benefits that would be payable separately under Part 2 and Part 3 but for the operation of this Part;\n“calculation method A” means the calculation method provided for in regulation 4.B.8;\n“calculation method B” means the calculation method provided for in regulation 4.B.9;\n“calculation method C” means the calculation method provided for in regulation 4.B.10;\n“calculation method D” means the calculation method provided for in regulation 4.B.11;\n“increment period” has the meaning given in regulation 4.B.11(2);\n“officer” has the same meaning as in Part 2;\n“practitioner” has the same meaning as in Part 3;\n...\n“uprated earnings” has the same meaning as in Part 3.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4.A.2 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), 95(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4.A.2 omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2446), regs. 1(2), 95(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/4.A.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:22.381913+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."
}