# The National Health Service (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 1987, Regulation 12: Amendment of regulation 27 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 27 of the principal Regulations (purchase of unreduced retiring allowance)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) “to make a payment in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 8; or” shall be omitted in, and shall be inserted after, head (ii);
(b) in paragraph (4)(b) for “he has received payment of a retiring allowance” there shall be substituted “he has become entitled to receive payment of a retiring allowance”;
(c) in paragraph (8)—
(i) for “ceased to make payments” there shall be substituted “failed or ceased to make payment”,
(ii) after “liable to pay and” there shall be inserted “, except in a case where payment was not made by reason of his absence from duty without leave,”, and
(iii) for sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(d) if sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph has applied to him, his election under paragraph (1)(b) shall continue to have effect if—
(i) having been absent from duty without leave he ceases within 12 months to be so absent (while remaining an officer), or
(ii) having ceased to be an officer in circumstances other than those mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, he again became an officer within 12 months in circumstances, other than those to which regulation 21(3) applies, in which his previous service is reckonable as contributing service;”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2218/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.