PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 2Membership

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1

Subject to regulation 19, a person is eligible to join this scheme if the person is a health service worker and is—

a

employed by an HSC organisation listed in Part 1 of Schedule 5;

b

an individual who is a medical contractor, or who is employed by a medical contractor or dental provider, listed in Part 2 of that Schedule;

c

an individual who is a medical practitioner or dental practitioner listed in Part 3 of that Schedule; or

d

who is employed by a determination employer: see Part 4 of that Schedule.

2

Subject to regulation 19 a person is eligible to join this scheme if the person is—

a

an individual of a category or description listed in Schedule 6; and

b

a person in respect of whom the Department has made a determination under section 25(5) of the 2014 Act.

3

Where such a determination is made, these Regulations apply to the person subject to any modification made by the Department by direction under section 25(8) of the 2014 Act.

4

In paragraph (1), the reference to a person being employed does not include a reference to a person engaged under a contract for services.

5

Where, in relation to a single employment or engagement for provision of services, a person is eligible to join this scheme by virtue of more than one of the sub-paragraphs of paragraphs (1) or (2), the scheme manager must determine which one sub-paragraph is to be used as the basis for membership.