The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendment of regulation 2.A.1

43.—(1) Regulation 2.A.1 (interpretation: general) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit the paragraph reference “(2)” immediately preceding the definition of “contracting-out requirements” and re-number existing paragraph (2A) as paragraph (2).

(3) In paragraph (1) (following the amendments made by paragraph (2) of this regulation)—

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

““the 2016 Order” means the Pensions Act 2014 (Contributions Equivalent Premium) (Consequential Provision) and (Savings) (Amendment) Order 2016(1);

“section 9(2B) rights” has the same meaning it has in the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) (No. 2) Regulations 2015(2);”;

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

““the health service” has the meaning given in section 275 of the 2006 Act;”;

(c) omit the definition of “contracting-out requirements”;

(d) for the definition of “NHS standard sub-contract”(3) substitute—

““NHS standard sub-contract” means a sub-contract that complies with the National Health Service Commissioning Board’s guidance “NHS Standard Sub-Contract for the Provision of Clinical Services 2017/18 and 2018/19 (full length and shorter-form versions) Guidance”(4);”;

(e) for the definition of “officer” substitute—

““officer” means a person employed by an employing authority including a GP Registrar and a non-GP provider, but does not include—

(a)

a GP performer;

(b)

a dentist performer;

(c)

a person engaged under a contract for services;”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/252.

(2)

S.I. 2015/1677.

(3)

This definition was inserted by regulation 21(e) of S.I. 2016/245 and amended by regulation 12(1) and (4) of S.I. 2017/275.

(4)

Electronic copies of the guidance referred to in that definition can be obtained from www.england.nhs.uk. E-mail: [e-mail]. Hard copies may be obtained from NHS England at: NHS Customer Contact Centre, NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT. Tel: [phone].