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The National Health Service (Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) Amendment Regulations 2003

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Locum practitioners

4.—(1) Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (medical and dental practitioners) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) For the definition of “locum practitioner” in paragraph 1 (additional definitions), there shall be substituted the following definition—

““locum practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner, other than a trainee practitioner, who is engaged under a contract for services with a practitioner otherwise than in pursuance of a commercial arrangement with an agent, to deputise or assist in the provision of general medical services or personal medical services;”.

(3) In paragraph 2 (application of Regulations with modifications)—

(a)for the definition of “the listing Authority” in sub-paragraph (1A) there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the listing Authority”, in relation to a locum practitioner, means the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust who prepare and publish—

(a)

the medical list in accordance with section 29(2)(a) of the 1977 Act; or

(b)

the supplementary list in accordance with section 43D of that Act,

on which he is included;”;

(b)in the definition of “the appropriate contracting party”, the words “within paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of that expression” shall be omitted;

(c)in sub-paragraph (2), the words after “as a practitioner” shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph 3 (meaning of pensionable service)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after the words “general ophthalmic services” there shall be inserted the words “, locum services”;

(b)at the end, there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(4) In sub-paragraph (2)(a), “locum services” shall have the same meaning as for the purposes of paragraph 6.”;

(5) In paragraph 6(1)(a) and (2)(a) and (b) (meaning of “pensionable service” in relation to other practitioners), the words “or any payments made to the practitioner in respect of the provision of locum services” shall be omitted.

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