15.—(1) Schedule 2 (Medical and Dental Practitioners) is amended as follows.
(2) For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5A (distribution of pensionable earnings between type 1 dental practitioners employed or engaged by the same GDS or PDS contractor), substitute—
“(1) After the end of each financial year, each GDS or PDS contractor must by a date to be decided by the Secretary of State, send to the employing authority with which that contractor is a party to a GDS contract or PDS agreement a notice (in the format specified by the Secretary of State), specifying in respect of that financial year—
(a)the pensionable earnings ceiling for that contract or agreement;
(b)the amount of any monthly seniority payments, maternity leave payments, paternity leave payments, adoption leave payments, parental leave payments or sickness leave payments paid under that contract or agreement;
(c)how much of the practitioner income that relates to that contract or agreement each type 1 dental practitioner that performed services under that contract or agreement is to be treated as having earned during that financial year, and
(d)any partners, shareholders or directors of that contractor.”.
(3) In paragraph 10(8)(b) (contributions to this Section of the Scheme), after “shall pay” insert “D2(1)”.