{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-63.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/63",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Repayment of lump sum contribution",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies if a member (M) has paid a lump sum contribution for additional pension.\n(2) If M dies before the end of the refund period—\n(a) the amount of the lump sum paid by M must be repaid to M’s personal representatives;\n(b) the amount of the lump sum paid by M’s employing authority pursuant to regulation 57 must be repaid to the authority; and\n(c) the additional pension account must be closed.\n(3) If an ill-health pension becomes payable to M in consequence of a claim made before the end of the refund period—\n(a) the amount of the lump sum paid by M must be repaid to M;\n(b) the amount of the lump sum paid by M’s employing authority pursuant to regulation 57 must be repaid to the authority; and\n(c) the additional pension account must be closed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 63(2)(3) substituted for reg. 63(2) (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/245), regs. 1(8), 64 (with reg. 105)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 63(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 34(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 63(2)(c) inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 34(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 63(3) inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 34(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 63(3)(c) inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 34(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/regulation/63",
    "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."
}