The National Health Service (Pension Scheme and Compensation for Premature Retirement) Amendment Regulations 2000

Amendment of Schedule 2

15.  In Schedule 2 (medical and dental practitioners)–

(a) for each reference to a Family Health Services Authority there shall be substituted a reference to a Health Authority;

(b) in paragraph 1 (additional definitions used in Schedule 2)–

(i) after the definition of “Doctors' Retainer Scheme”(1) there shall be inserted the following definition:–

““Executive Committee” means the committee of a Primary Care Trust appointed under regulation 9(1) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000(2);”,

(ii) after the definition of “practitioner service” there shall be inserted the following definition:–

““Primary Care Group” means a committee appointed under regulation 14(1) of the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996(3) in accordance with the Secretary of State’s directions of 15th October 1998 and exercising functions in accordance with the Secretary of State’s directions of 25th March 1999(4);”;

(c) in paragraph 3(2) (meaning of “pensionable earnings”) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

“(d) personal allowances (but excluding payment made to cover expenses) paid in respect of membership of an Executive Committee or a Primary Care Group.”; and

(d) in paragraph 6(1) (meaning of “pensionable earnings”—other practitioners)(5) for the words from “means” to the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the words–

• “means–

  (a)

  all salary, wages, fees and other regular payments paid to the practitioner in respect of his employment as a practitioner, but does not include bonuses or payments made to cover expenses or for overtime; and

  (b)

  personal allowances paid in respect of membership of an Executive Committee or a Primary Care Group.”.

(1)

This definition was inserted by S.I. 1997/1888.

(2)

S.I. 2000/89.

(3)

S.I. 1996/707, as amended by S.I. 1997/2991, 1998/648 and 1998/2621.

(4)

A copy of the directions may be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, PC-GMS, Room 7E60, Quarry House, Leeds LS2 7UE.

(5)

Paragraph 6 was amended by S.I. 1998/666.