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

Amendment of regulation 3.A.1

59.—(1) Regulation 3.A.1 (interpretation of part 3: general) is amended as follows.

(2) 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);”.

(3) Omit the definition of “contracting-out requirements”.

(4) 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);”.

(5) 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 regulations 20 and 39(e) of S.I. 2016/245 and amended by regulations 10 and 22(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].