The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001

Interpretation

5.  In regulation A2 (interpretation)–

(a) in the definition of “employing authority” after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted–

“(bb) a Primary Care NHS Trust to which certain functions referred to in section 12AA of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) are delegated by the Health Board;”;

(b) in the definition of “NHS dental employee”(2) after “a Health Board” in paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “or Primary Care NHS Trust”;

(c) in the definition of “practitioner” after “Health Board” there shall be inserted “or Primary Care NHS Trust”; and

(d) in the definition of “specialist” after “consultant” there shall be inserted “, other than a nurse consultant, or a”.

(1)

1978 c. 29; section 12AA was inserted by section 47 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).

(2)

This definition was inserted by S.I. 1999/443.