The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (Interpretation)

3.—(1) In regulation (2) (Interpretation) of the principal Regulations for the definition of “practitioner” there is substituted—

““practitioner” means—

(a)

a registered medical practitioner, other than a trainee practitioner, who is a principal practitioner, an assistant practitioner, an associate general practitioner, a locum practitioner (other than a person treated as an officer under regulation 83A of the principal Regulations (Participators in pilot schemes)); or

(b)

a registered dentist, other than a person who is paid wholly by way of salary by an employing authority or a person treated as an officer under regulation 83A;”.

(2) The following definitions are inserted in alphabetical order at the appropriate places—

“assistant practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

“associate general practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

“locum practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

“medical performers list” means a list of registered medical practitioners prepared and published by a Health and Social Services Board pursuant to regulation 4(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1);

“out of hours services” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(2);

“principal practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

“the 1972 Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(3).”.

(1)

S.R. 2004 No. 149

(2)

S.R. 2004 No. 140

(3)

S.I. 1972 /1265