PART 1 Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

22 Amendment of Schedule 2
1 Schedule 2 (medical and dental practitioners) is amended as follows.
2 In paragraph 1 (additional definitions used in this Schedule), omit the definitions of “Local Health Group” and “Primary Care Group”.
3 In paragraph 2(1) (application of regulations with modifications), after “Primary Care Trust” (twice) insert “or Local Health Board”.
4 In paragraph 3 (meaning of pensionable earnings)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(vii), after “OOH provider” insert “or other employing authority providing OOH services”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(viii), for “opthalmic” substitute “ophthalmic”;
(c) for sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave or paternity leave payments;”

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5 In sub-paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of paragraph 5 (elections relating to calculation of pensionable earnings in medical partnerships), after “Primary Care Trust” insert “or Local Health Board”.
6 In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 8 (limit on pensionable earnings – dental practitioners), after “Primary Care Trust” insert “or Local Health Board”.
7 In paragraph 9 (officer service treated as practitioner service)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“1 Subject to sub-paragraph (3), if a member does not have more than 10 years’ officer service on first becoming a type 1 practitioner, the member’s officer service before first becoming a type 1 practitioner will be treated as practitioner service.”

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(b) in sub-paragraph (3)—
(i) omit paragraph (aa);
(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “principal practitioner or”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (5), omit “(early retirement pension on grounds of ill-health)”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (5A)—
(i) in paragraph (a), omit “or a principal practitioner; or”;
(ii) omit paragraph (b);
(e) omit sub-paragraph (5AA);
(f) in sub-paragraph (8), omit the words from “(other than a type 1 dental practitioner” to “a Primary Care Trust”;
(g) omit sub-paragraph (12).
8 In paragraph 10 (contributions to the scheme) —
(a) in sub-paragraphs (2L) and (2U), for “determined in accordance with paragraph (2J)” substitute “as that which applied to the earlier employment”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “70” substitute “75”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (9), for “Where an” substitute “Where a”.
9 In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 23 (accounts and actuarial reports)—
(a) for “provide the host”, substitute “provide each relevant host”;
(b) for “Inland Revenue” (twice), substitute “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs”.