The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Amendment of regulation A2

3.  In regulation A2 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “GMS practice”—

(i) in paragraph (a), after “registered medical practitioner” insert “who is a type 1 medical practitioner”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), after “or more” insert “such”;

(b) in the definition of “host Trust or Board”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “the Primary Care Trust” substitute “each Primary Care Trust”,

(ii) for paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) in respect of a type 1 medical practitioner, means each Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board with whom the practitioner has contracted, or entered into an agreement, to provide GMS, PMS or APMS and, where appropriate, on whose medical performers list the practitioner’s name appears;”;

(c) in the definition of “ophthalmic provider”, after “who” insert “is a type 1 medical practitioner and who”;

(d) in the definition of “practitioner”, at the end of paragraph (b) 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(1);

“Waiting Period Joiner” has the meaning given in regulation 2.L.1, or as the case may be, 3.L.1 of the 2008 Section.”.

(1)

1983 c.54.