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NHS Pension Scheme Regulations

There have been many regulations introduced which have changed the NHS Pension Scheme in different ways. A list of all regulations is provided here:

2022 The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

2022 The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022

2021 The National Health Service Pension Schemes and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2021

2019 The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019

2017 The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017

2016 The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2016

2015 The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015

2015 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015

2015 The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015

2015 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015

2015 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015

2014The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment No.2) Regulations

2014 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations

2014 The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions

2013 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2013 No. 1414

2013 The National Heath Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2013 No.413

2012 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2012 No.610

2011 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2011 No.2586

2011 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2011 No. 591

Consolidated regulations

These are informal consolidated versions of the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations, updated to include amendments made as at 31 October 2022.

The amendments have been incorporated by Department of Health and Social Care officials to illustrate how the changes have affected the original Statutory Instruments (S.I.s).

The latest amendments are made by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (Statutory Instrument 2022 No. 991) and The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (Statutory Instrument 2022 No. 1028).  

These consolidations are for information only and should not be relied upon as a definitive statement of the pension scheme regulations. The original and amending Statutory Instruments can be found on the UK Legislation website.

1995 Section - Informal consolidation to 31 October 2022 (PDF: 1.6MB)2008 Section Parts 1 and 2 - Informal consolidation to 31 October 2022 (PDF: 1.4MB)2008 Section Parts 3 and 4 - Informal consolidation to 31 October 2022 (PDF: 1.1MB)2015 Scheme - Informal consolidation to 31 October 2022 (PDF: 2.1MB)2015 Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) - Informal consolidation to 31 October 2022 (PDF: 638KB)