{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/226",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation C2",
  "text": "(1) Regulation C2 (meaning of “pensionable service”) is amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph (2)(f) insert–\n“(g) in the case of a member who is not a special class officer, any period of pensionable service in excess of 40 years that relates to a period before–\n(i) the member’s 60th birthday; and\n(ii) 1st April 2008.”.\n(3) For paragraph (4) substitute–\n“(4) Subject to paragraph (2), the benefits described in these Regulations will be calculated by reference to a maximum of–\n(a) 45 years' pensionable service in the case of a member who is not a special class officer; and\n(b) 45 years' pensionable service (of which only 40 years may relate to the period before the member reaches age 55) in the case of a member who is a special class officer),\nand if the member’s pensionable service exceeds these limits, the amount of the excess will be ignored.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/226/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:32.504835+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."
}