The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (Interpretation)

3.  In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations—

(a) in the definition of “employing authority”—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) the word “and” shall be deleted in each place where it last appears;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d) after the word “scheme” for the full stop there shall be substituted “, and”; and

(iii) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(f) a registered medical practitioner whose name is included on a list kept pursuant to the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973(1), working either as a sole practitioner, or as a group of such practitioners acting jointly, whether or not practicising in a partnership, in respect of the employment of practice staff.”;

(b) after the definition of “personal pension scheme” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “practice staff” means persons (other than assistants, associates, or trainee practitioners) employed by a registered medical practitioner whose name is included on a list kept pursuant to the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973, working either as a sole practitioner, or by a group of such practitioners acting jointly, whether or not practising in a partnership, to assist with the provision of general medical services in accordance with arrangements made under Article 56 of the “Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2);”; and

  (c)

  after the definition of “qualifying service” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the “Medical Act 1983(3);”.

(1)

S.R. & O. 1973 No. 421. The relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1975 No. 180; S.R. 1983 No. 182; S.R. 1989 No. 454; S.R. 1991 No. 476 and S.R. 1995 No. 487

(2)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); Article 56 was amended by S.I. 1986/2229 (N.I. 24), Article 7 and S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), Article 29(1)

(3)

1983 c. 54