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21B.—(1) This regulation sets out how an individual’s NHS earnings are to be calculated for the purposes of [F3regulations 21A and 21AA].
(2) An individual’s NHS earnings for a relevant financial year are those earnings which constitute relevant income in respect of that financial year.
(3) In this regulation “relevant income”—
(a)in relation to an individual who is an active member of the Scheme and is a medical practitioner (other than a locum practitioner) or a non-GP provider, means income (including any form of remuneration and any salary, wages, fees, director’s remuneration or dividends) which is practitioner income as determined under Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations, as modified in accordance with paragraph (4), in respect of the financial year in question;
(b)in relation to a person (“P”) who is an active member of the Scheme and a locum practitioner, means—
(i)any income which is locum practitioner income as determined under paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations in respect of the financial year in question, and
(ii)any [F4other] income (including any form of remuneration and salary, wages, fees, director’s remuneration or dividends) received by P in the financial year in question from any organisation which would have been treated as practitioner income under Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations, as modified in accordance with paragraph (4), if P had been a medical practitioner but not a locum practitioner;
[F5(ba)in relation to a jobholder who does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) or (b), means—
(i)any remuneration, salary, wages, fees, director’s remuneration or dividends received in respect of the financial year in question under the contract of engagement and any other contract of engagement under which the jobholder provides services in respect of a contract or an agreement for primary medical services made under section 92 or 83(2) of the Act, and
(ii)any other income which would be treated as practitioner income under Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations as modified in accordance with paragraph 4 in respect of the financial year in question if the jobholder—
(aa)were an active member of the scheme, and
(bb)a medical practitioner or non-GP provider;]
(c)in relation to any other person (“P”), means income (including any form of remuneration and any salary, wages, fees, director’s remuneration or dividends) received by P in the financial year in question from any organisation which would have been treated as practitioner income under Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations, as modified in accordance with paragraph (4), if P had been—
(i)an active member of the Scheme, and
(ii)a medical practitioner or non-GP provider.
(4) For the purposes of determining a person’s relevant income under paragraph (3)(a), (b)(ii) or (c), Schedule 10 to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations applies as if the following provisions of that Schedule were omitted—
(a)paragraph 2(1)(b) and the “and” immediately preceding it, [F6and]
(b)paragraph 3, F7...
F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F9(4A) For the purposes of this regulation, where a contractor has sub-contracted any obligations under the agreement, any payments made—
(a)under the sub-contract, or
(b)under any sub-contract which the sub-contractor has entered into with another person, as permitted by paragraph 43(4A) of Schedule 2,
are to be treated as income derived from the agreement.]
(5) In this regulation—
“the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations” means the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 and “active member”, “locum practitioner”, “medical practitioner”, “member” and “non-GP provider” have the meanings given for the purposes of those Regulations;
“relevant financial year” has the meaning given in regulation [F1021A];
“the Scheme” means the National Health Service Pension Scheme established by the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 21A, 21B inserted (1.10.2021) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/995), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1
F2Words in reg. 21B heading substituted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(1)
F3Words in reg. 21B(1) substituted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)
F4Word in reg. 21B(3)(b)(ii) inserted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(3)(a)
F5Reg. 21B(3)(ba) inserted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(3)(b)
F6Word in reg. 21B(4)(a) inserted (1.10.2022) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(4)(i)
F7Word in reg. 21B(4)(b) omitted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(4)(ii)
F8Reg. 21B(4)(c) omitted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/935), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(4)(iii)
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