Part 1: Main Provisions Section 45: NHS Pension Schemes: suspension of restrictions on return to work: England and Wales
This section omits certain regulations that provide for pension abatement and suspension so as to enable individuals already in receipt of their NHS pension to return to work, or increase their working capacity if they have already returned, without facing either suspension or abatement of their pension.
	Regulation S1 of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 (the "1995 NHS Pension Regulations") requires a member’s pension benefits to be suspended if they return to NHS employment and commit to more than 16 hours per week within one month of the pension becoming payable.
	Subsection (1)(a) omits regulation S1 so that a member who has recently retired from the NHS and elects to immediately return at a capacity of above 16 hours per week will not have their pension suspended.
	Subsection (1)(b) omits the reference to Regulation S2(1A)(c) in paragraph (3) of regulation S2 of the 1995 NHS Pension Regulations. Regulation S2(1A)(c) applies to members who are "special class officers". Special class officers are able to access their pension benefits at age 55 rather than 60. If a special class officer in receipt of benefits returns to work before the age of 60, they will have their pension abated in accordance with regulation S2(3) of the 1995 NHS Pension Regulations. Removing the reference to Regulation S2(1A)(c) in regulation S2(3) will allow special class officer members to return to NHS work, or increase their working commitment if they have already returned without having their pension abated.
	The National Health Service Pension Regulations 2008 (the "2008 NHS Pension Regulations") and the National Health Service Pension Regulations 2015 (the "2015 NHS Pension Regulations") make provision for the partial retirement of members. Members exercising this option are able to draw down a portion of their pension on the condition that they reduce their pensionable pay (or level of commitment to the NHS) by at least 10%.
	Subsection (2) omits regulation 2.D.6(2)(a) (abatement of pension following increase in pensionable pay) and regulation 3.D.6(2)(a) (abatement of pension following increase in engagement in employment) of the 2008 NHS Pension Regulations and subsection (3) omits regulation 86(3) of the 2015 NHS Pension Regulations. Those regulations provide that a member will have their pension abated in full if the terms of the member’s employment change and their level of pay increases within 12 months of the member electing to draw down their pension.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is England and Wales only.