# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015, Regulation 80: Entitlement day


(1) The entitlement day for the purposes of an early retirement pension is—
(a) in the case of a deferred member, the date specified in the claim as the date on which the pension is to become payable;
(b) in the case of an active member, the day immediately following the day on which M ceased to be employed in NHS employment.
(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/80 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/regulation-80
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