# The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 77: 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 pensionable 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 97 applies to M, for the purposes of M's entitlement to a pension in respect of old employment (within the meaning of regulation 100(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/ssi/2015/94/regulation/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-77
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