The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Amendment of Schedule 2

22.—(1) Schedule 2 (medical and dental practitioners) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 (additional definitions used in this Schedule), omit the definitions of “Local Health Group” and “Primary Care Group”.

(3) In paragraph 2(1) (application of regulations with modifications), after “Primary Care Trust” (twice) insert “or Local Health Board”.

(4) In paragraph 3 (meaning of pensionable earnings)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(vii), after “OOH provider” insert “or other employing authority providing OOH services”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(viii), for “opthalmic” substitute “ophthalmic”;

(c) for sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave or paternity leave payments;”.

(5) In sub-paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of paragraph 5 (elections relating to calculation of pensionable earnings in medical partnerships), after “Primary Care Trust” insert “or Local Health Board”.

(6) In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 8 (limit on pensionable earnings – dental practitioners), after “Primary Care Trust” insert “or Local Health Board”.

(7) In paragraph 9 (officer service treated as practitioner service)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), if a member does not have more than 10 years’ officer service on first becoming a type 1 practitioner, the member’s officer service before first becoming a type 1 practitioner will be treated as practitioner service.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) omit paragraph (aa);

(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “principal practitioner or”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (5), omit “(early retirement pension on grounds of ill-health)”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (5A)—

(i) in paragraph (a), omit “or a principal practitioner; or”;

(ii) omit paragraph (b);

(e) omit sub-paragraph (5AA);

(f) in sub-paragraph (8), omit the words from “(other than a type 1 dental practitioner” to “a Primary Care Trust”;

(g) omit sub-paragraph (12).

(8) In paragraph 10 (contributions to the scheme) —

(a) in sub-paragraphs (2L) and (2U), for “determined in accordance with paragraph (2J)” substitute “as that which applied to the earlier employment”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “70” substitute “75”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (9), for “Where an” substitute “Where a”.

(9) In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 23 (accounts and actuarial reports)—

(a) for “provide the host”, substitute “provide each relevant host”;

(b) for “Inland Revenue” (twice), substitute “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs”.