The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions, Compensation for Premature Retirement and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2014
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/300) (“the 1995 Regulations”), the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/653) (“the 2008 Regulations”), the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/619) (“the AVC Regulations”), the National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1311) (“the Compensation Regulations”) and the National Health Service (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/866) (“the Injury Benefits Regulations”) as a result of the commencement of certain provisions of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30). They also make some minor unrelated amendments to the 2008 Regulations and the AVC Regulations as well as further amendments to the 2008 Regulations to facilitate the undertaking of a scheme valuation in preparation for the making of a new pension scheme under powers in section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c.25).