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

Amendment of Schedule 15

94.  In Schedule 15 (definitions)—

(a) after the expression “the 2013 Act” in Column 1 insert a new expression “the 2016 Order” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “means the Pensions Act 2014 (Contributions Equivalent Premium) (Consequential Provision) and (Savings) (Amendment) Order 2016(1);

(b) for the entry in Column 2 corresponding to the expression “NHS standard sub-contract”(2), substitute “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”(3);

(c) after the expression “scheme year” in Column 1 insert a new expression “section 9(2B) rights” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “has the same meaning it has in the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) (No. 2) Regulations 2015”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/252.

(2)

This definition was inserted by regulations 29 and 49 (1) and (2) of S.I. 2017/275.

(3)

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].