The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 No. 512

PART IV AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (COMPENSATION FOR PREMATURE RETIREMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2003(1)

Interpretation

33.  In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “employing authority”, substitute–

““employing authority” means–

(a)

a Health Board, Special Health Board, or NHS National Services Scotland (established under sections 2 and 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(2)); or

(b)

the Mental Welfare Commission established under section 4 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003(3); or

(c)

any other body that is constituted under an Act relating to health services and which the Scottish Ministers agree to treat as an employing authority for the purposes of the scheme;”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2003/344.

(2)

1978 c. 29.

(3)

2003 asp 13.