The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Made: 15th February 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 18th February 2011

Coming into force: 1st April 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 , and of all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 10(1) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury .

In accordance with section 10(4) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted with such representatives of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations as appear to them to be appropriate.

PART A — PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2011.

Interpretation

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• (1) Paragraph (4) of this regulation contains a list of expressions and in these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any expression for which there is an entry in the first column of that paragraph has the meaning given against it in the second column or is to be construed in accordance with directions given against it in that column.

• (2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• (a) any reference to a regulation, Part or Schedule identified by a letter or number or both (an “indicator”) is to be construed as a reference to the regulation, Part or Schedule, as the case may be, identified by that indicator in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation of or a Schedule to these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is to be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation or, as the case may be, that Schedule;

• (b) any reference to the scheme, except where the context otherwise requires, means the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme for Scotland, the rules of which are set out in these Regulations and the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008; and

• (c) any reference to this Section of the scheme, except where the context otherwise requires, means these Regulations.

• (3) Where these Regulations require anything to be done within a specified period after or from a specified day or event, the period begins immediately after the specified day or, as the case may be, the day on which the specified event occurs.

• (4) The following two columns are those referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation:—