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

Amendment of Schedule 222

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;

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.

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”.