PART 2Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

Amendment of Schedule 215

1

Schedule 2 (Medical and Dental Practitioners) is amended as follows.

2

For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5A (distribution of pensionable earnings between type 1 dental practitioners employed or engaged by the same GDS or PDS contractor), substitute—

1

After the end of each financial year, each GDS or PDS contractor must by a date to be decided by the Secretary of State, send to the employing authority with which that contractor is a party to a GDS contract or PDS agreement a notice (in the format specified by the Secretary of State), specifying in respect of that financial year—

a

the pensionable earnings ceiling for that contract or agreement;

b

the amount of any monthly seniority payments, maternity leave payments, paternity leave payments, adoption leave payments, parental leave payments or sickness leave payments paid under that contract or agreement;

c

how much of the practitioner income that relates to that contract or agreement each type 1 dental practitioner that performed services under that contract or agreement is to be treated as having earned during that financial year, and

d

any partners, shareholders or directors of that contractor.

3

In paragraph 10(8)(b) (contributions to this Section of the Scheme), after “shall pay” insert “D2(1)”.