PART 3 Amendment of the Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

35 Amendment of regulation 137
In regulation 137 (Interpretation of Part 3: general)—
(a) in the definition of “GMS practice”—
(i) in paragraph (a), after “registered medical practitioner” insert “who is a principal medical practitioner”,
(ii) in paragraph (b), after “or more” insert “such”;
(b) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “host Board” for “registered medical practitioner” substitute “principal medical practitioner”;
(c) in the definition of “ophthalmic provider”, after “who” insert “is a principal medical practitioner and who”;
(d) after paragraph (b) of the definition of “practitioner”, add—

“or
(c) an ophthalmic provider”

;
(e) at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

““registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given in section 55 of the Medical Act 1983;
“Waiting Period Joiner” has the meaning given in regulation 260X;”

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1983 c.54