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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-amendment-no-3-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/517",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-amendment-no-3-regulations-2003",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”) which provide for the superannuation of persons engaged in the National Health Service in Scotland. Certain provisions have retrospective effect as authorised by section 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972: Regulation 6 shall have effect from 6th April 2003 and regulations 7 and 8 shall have effect from 1st April 2003. All other amendments shall have effect from the date of coming into force of the Regulations.\nBy amending the definition of “pensionable pay”, regulation 3 provides that a member who joined the Scheme prior to 1st June 1989 will not be subject to a cap on the earnings from which they can contribute to the Scheme. Should the member have a break in pensionable employment, the pensionable pay upon which contributions are based will be capped, but only for the pensionable service after the break in pensionable employment.\nRegulation 4 provides that a member with preserved benefits can revoke a lump sum on death nomination made under regulation F5 of the 1995 Regulations.\nRegulation 5 further defines the treatment of benefits should they be calculated separately as a result of the member returning to pensionable employment after leaving without immediate access to benefits.\nRegulation 6 provides that paternity and adoption leave can count towards reckonable service within the superannuation scheme.\nRegulation 7 extends the provision that officer service can be regarded as practitioner service in the calculation of final benefits, should it be more beneficial to the practitioner member.\nRegulation 8 provides that, if it is more beneficial to the member, separate benefits can be paid in respect of officer and practitioner service.\nThese Regulations do not impose any cost on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/517/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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