# The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015, Regulation 33: Premature retirement : special classes

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies where a 1995 officer transition member to whom regulation R2 or R3 of the 1995 Regulations applies in respect of service in that Section—
(a) becomes entitled to payment of a premature retirement pension—
(i) pursuant to regulation 81 of the 2015 Regulations; or
(ii) on grounds of redundancy pursuant to regulation 82 of the 2015 Regulations; and
(b) claims that pension.
(2) Where this regulation applies, for the purposes of regulation E3C(2) and (3) of the 1995 Regulations—
(a) the member is to be treated as having claimed payment of a pension under regulation E1 of those Regulations; and
(b) in the case of a member to whom regulation R2(4)(b) of the 1995 Regulations applies, is also entitled to a pension under regulation E5 of the 1995 Regulations if that member makes a claim for it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/95/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-33
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