{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-4.B.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-4.B.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.B.2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4.B.2",
  "heading": "Cases with up to 10 years of officer service",
  "text": "(1) Where a member has not more than 10 years of pensionable service before first becoming a ... practitioner, the reference amount shall be the best of—\n(a) the amount determined by calculation method A,\n(b) the amount determined by calculation method B, and\n(c) where—\n(i) the benefit is payable on retirement or death of the member, and\n(ii) the condition is met,\nthe base amount.\n(2) The condition mentioned in paragraph (1)(c)(ii) is that—\n(a) the amount of pension payable under Part 2 would be greater than the amount of pension payable under Part 3, where—\n(i) any enhancement for the purposes of regulation 2.D.8 or 3.D.7 (enhancement of ill-health pensions), as appropriate, are ignored,\n(ii) any additional pension is disregarded, and\n(iii) any increase under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 is applied, and\n(b) the amount determined by calculation method B is less than the base amount.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4.B.2(1) 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), 97"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 56."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/4.B.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."
}