{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-15B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-15B.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": "schedule/9/paragraph/15B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15B",
  "heading": "Active member’s account for unqualified member re-established after break not exceeding 5 years",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if—–\n(a) an unqualified member re-enters pensionable service under this scheme after a break in service not exceeding 5 years; and\n(b) the rights of that member in respect of the service before the break have not been extinguished pursuant to regulation 42 (effect of refund) or regulation 140 (effect of transfer-out).\n(2) When the unqualified member re-enters pensionable service under this scheme the active member’s account must be re-established.\n(3) The active member’s account—\n(a) must specify the amount of accrued earned pension as at the beginning of the break in service; and\n(b) must be adjusted as if the member had continued as an active member during the break in service but had received no pensionable earnings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 2A inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 46(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/schedule/9/paragraph/15B",
    "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."
}