{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-100",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-100.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": "regulation/100",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "100",
  "heading": "Retirement benefits for members with more than one employment",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a member (M) who is in receipt of pensionable earnings in respect of two or more employments each of which is attributable to M belonging to any of groups A to C in the table in regulation 27(1).\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), M does not become entitled to a pension under any of the regulations specified in paragraph (3) until—\n(a) the termination of all of M's NHS employments (including employment as a practitioner), or\n(b) M reaches the age of 75.\n(3) The regulations are—\n(a) regulation 73;\n(b) regulation 79;\n(c) regulation 81;\n(d) regulation 82;\n(e) regulations 90 to 97.\n(4) Paragraph (5) applies if M—\n(a) leaves employment (“past employment”) with one employing authority; and\n(b) in relation to the past employment, becomes entitled to a pension under regulation 81 or 82.\n(5) M may elect—\n(a) to take benefits only in respect of the past employment; and\n(b) to continue to accrue rights in respect of any other continuing pensionable employment.\n(6) If M elects as mentioned in paragraph (5), paragraph (2) applies in relation to an employment in respect of which M continues to accrue rights to benefits.\n(7) Chapter 7 of Part 5 applies if M becomes entitled to a pension under paragraph (5) while continuing in other NHS employment.\n(8) Paragraphs (9) and (10) apply if—\n(a) M becomes entitled to a pension under regulation 81 or 82; and\n(b) terminated concurrent employment as a practitioner not more than 12 months before becoming entitled to the pension.\n(9) M is not entitled to receive a pension under regulation 81 or 82 in respect of any employment as practitioner, but is entitled only to receive a pension in respect of that employment pursuant to regulation 73 or 79.\n(10) M may exercise a right to transfer out under Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Part 7 only if M leaves all pensionable service—\n(a) before reaching normal pension age; and\n(b) before becoming entitled to a pension under this scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/regulation/100",
    "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."
}