The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015

[F1 General interpretation of Part 2A E+W

32C.— (1) In this Part of this Schedule—

“child” means—

(a)

a natural child,

(b)

an adopted child, or

(c)

a step-child;

“planned return date” means the date on which a person intends to return to the United Kingdom;

“qualifying person” has the meaning given in paragraph 32A;

“relevant family member” has the meaning given in paragraph 32A.

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a Crown servant is posted overseas if—

(a) they are performing overseas (but not in Northern Ireland) the duties of a civil servant or member of the armed forces of the Crown (as the case may be), and

(b) they were, immediately before their posting or the first of consecutive postings, ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(3) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a relevant family member of a Crown servant who has not resided in the United Kingdom and is coming, or has come, to the United Kingdom for the first time is to be treated as if they—

(a) are returning, or have returned, to the United Kingdom, and

(b) departed the United Kingdom on the day on which they became a relevant family member of the Crown servant.

(4) For the purposes of this part of this Schedule, a person is to be regarded as temporarily resident in a place if, when that person arrives in that place, they intend to stay for more than 24 hours but not for more than three months.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pt. 2A inserted (1.10.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/995), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(e) (with reg. 3)