Legislation – The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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Introduction

Part 1
Introductory

1 Citation, commencement, effect and extent

Part 2
Amendments to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

2 General

3 Amendment of regulation C1

4 Amendment of regulation T2A

Part 3
Amendments to the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000

5 General

6 Amendment of regulation 16

Part 4
Amendments to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008

7 General

8 Amendment of regulation 2.A.4

9 Amendment of regulation 2.A.5

10 Amendment of regulation 2.A.8

11 Amendment of regulation 2.A.9

12 Amendment of regulation 2.B.1

13 Amendment of regulation 2.E.21

14 Amendment of regulation 2.J.8

15 Amendment of regulation 3.A.4

16 Amendment of regulation 3.A.5

17 Amendment of regulation 3.A.8

18 Amendment of regulation 3.B.1

19 Amendment of regulation 3.E.21

20 Amendment of regulation 3.J.8

Part 5
Amendments to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015

21 General

22 Amendment of regulation 21

23 New regulation 27A

24 Amendment of regulation 28

25 Amendment of regulation 38

26 Amendment of regulation 39

27 Amendment of regulation 60

28 Amendment of regulation 68

29 Amendment of Schedule 3

30 Amendment of Schedule 10

31 Amendment of Schedule 11

32 Amendment of Schedule 12

33 Amendment of Schedule 14

34 Amendment of Schedule 15

Part 6
Amendment to the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015

35 General

36 New regulation 38A

Part 7
Amendment to the National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2023

37 General

38 Amendment of regulation 24

39 Amendment of regulation 26

40 Amendment of regulation 27

Part 8
Amendment to the National Health Service Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

41 General

42 Amendment of regulation 12

Signature

Explanatory note

This Statutory Instrument has been made partly in consequence of defects in S.I. 1995/300, S.I. 2008/653, S.I. 2015/94, S.I. 2015/95 and S.I. 2020/354 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
2025 No. 316
PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1) and (2) and 12(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 19721 (“the 1972 Act”), sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2(1) and 3(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 20132 (“the 2013 Act”) and sections 10(1) and 11(1) and (5) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 20223 (“the 2022 Act”).
In accordance with section 10(1) of the 1972 Act4 and section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 10(4) of the 1972 Act and section 21(1) of the 2013 Act5, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.

In accordance with section 22(2)(a) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by regulations 1(5), (7) and (8), 24(5), (6), (7), (8)(b), (9) and (10), 25, 26, 31, 38, 39 and 40 with a view to reaching agreement with them.

In accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament6 in relation to those regulations.
1

1972 c. 11. Section 10(1) was amended by sections 57 and 58 of, and Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32) and section 4(2) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) (“the 1990 Act”). Section 12(2) was amended by section 10(1) of the 1990 Act.

2

2013 c. 25. Section 3(1) and (2) were amended by section 94(2) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7).

4

The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service under section 10 of the 1972 Act were transferred to the Treasury by article 2 of S.I. 1981/1670.

5

Section 21 has been amended by section 94(8) of the 2022 Act. The Secretary of State has published a statement pursuant to section 21(2) of the 2013 Act indicating the persons the Secretary of State would normally expect to consult under section 21(1) of that Act. An up-to-date version of that list may be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-pension-scheme-consultee-list or obtained by writing to the NHS Pensions Policy Team, Department of Health and Social Care, Area 2NE Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UE.

6

A copy of the report laid pursuant to section 22(2)(b) may be obtained by writing to the NHS Pensions Policy Team, Department of Health and Social Care, Area 2NE Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UE.