{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-160",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-160.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/160",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "160",
  "heading": "Withdrawal from employing authority status in this scheme",
  "text": "(1) An independent provider may withdraw from employing authority status in this scheme in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) The independent provider must give notice to the scheme manager (a withdrawal notice) that it intends to cease to be an independent provider for the purposes of these Regulations with effect from the date specified in the notice (the withdrawal date).\n(3) A withdrawal notice that affects a person who has become a member of this scheme by virtue of regulation 18(1)(c) must not be given unless the person gives consent in writing to the independent provider.\n(4) The withdrawal date must not be earlier than the end of the period of six months starting with the date of the withdrawal notice (the withdrawal period).\n(5) A withdrawal notice must—\n(a) be in writing; and\n(b) be accompanied by evidence of the consent required under paragraph (3).\n(6) A withdrawal notice has effect in respect of every qualifying contract to which the independent provider is a party.\n(7) With effect from the withdrawal date, a person who is a member of this scheme by virtue of regulation 18(1)(c) ceases to be such a member.",
  "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/160",
    "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."
}