{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/94",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Service Pensions, England And Wales\nNational Health Service, England And Wales\nMade 5th February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 12th February 2015\nComing into force 1st April 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2 to 4, 5(1), (2) and (4), 7(1) and (4), 8(1)(a) and (2)(a), 11(1), 12(6) and (7) , 14, 18(5) to (7), 25, and paragraph (c) of the definition of “employer” in section 37 of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 .\nIn accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See also section 12(1), coming into force on 1st April 2015."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2013 c.25."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations modified (temp. until 31.3.2023) (25.3.2022 immediately after the expiry of 2020 c. 7, s. 45) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/273), regs. 1(2), 12 (with reg. 9) (as amended (31.10.2022) by S.I. 2022/1028, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:49:26.680467+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."
}