The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1995

PART I DEFINITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

Additional definitions used in this Schedule

1.  In this Schedule—

“assistant practitioner” means a medical or dental practitioner, who is employed by a principal practitioner, and in that employment is wholly or mainly engaged in assisting his employer in the discharge of the employer’s duties as a practitioner, and for whose employment the consent of the Health Board is required;

“associate general practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is employed by a principal practitioner to provide general medical services in circumstances where the principal practitioner is entitled to claim an allowance under regulation 31(1)(q) of the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(1) (payments to doctors);

“officer service” means, subject to paragraph 9 (officer service treated as practitioner service), service as an officer;

“pensionable earnings” has the meaning given in paragraphs 3 to 8;

“practitioner income” has the meaning given in paragraph 3(2);

“practitioner service” means, subject to paragraph 9 (officer service treated as practitioner service), pensionable service as a medical, dental or ophthalmic medical practitioner;

“principal practitioner” means a medical or dental practitioner on the list of a Health Board;

“uprated earnings” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 11(2).

Application of Regulations with modifications

2.—(1) These Regulations subject to the modifications described in this Schedule apply to members who are or have been practitioners as if they were officers employed by the relevant Health Board and, except where the context otherwise requires, references to an employing authority shall, in relation to a practitioner, be taken as a reference to the relevant Health Board.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Regulations, a practitioner who wishes to contribute to the scheme must do so in respect of all of his work as a practitioner.

(3) A practitioner who has given notice under regulation B4 to opt out of the scheme in respect of practitioner service may nonetheless be a member in respect of any service as an officer.

(1)

S.I. 1974/506 as amended by S.I. 1974/508, 1975/696, 1976/733, 1574, 1978/1762, 1981/56, 965, 1982/1279, 1985/296, 534, 804, 1625, 1713, 1986/303, 925, 1507 and 2310, 1987/385, 386 and 1382, 1988/1073 and 1454, 1989/1883 and 1990, 1990/2509, 1991/572, 883 and 2241, 1992/191, 2401 and 2933, 1993/521 and 1994/884.