# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015, Regulation 78: Entitlement day


(1) The entitlement day for the purposes of an age retirement pension is—
(a) if the member (M) is in NHS employment on the day on which M reaches normal pension age—
(i) the day after M ceases to be in NHS employment; or
(ii) the day on which M reaches the age of 75;
(b) if M is not in NHS employment on the day on which M reaches normal pension age, that day.
(2) If regulation 98 applies to M, for the purposes of M's entitlement to a pension in respect of old employment (within the meaning of regulation 101(3)) a reference in this regulation to M ceasing to be in NHS employment must be treated as a reference to M ceasing to be in the old employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/regulation/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-78
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