The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of regulation 2.A.1

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

12.—(1) Regulation 2.A.1 (interpretation: general) is amended as follows.

(2) At the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

“the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.(1);

“scheme administration charge” means the charge provided for in regulation 2.C.6A.

(3) In the definition of “NHS standard contract”(2)—

(a)for “standard commissioning contract”, substitute “terms and conditions”;

(b)before “2012”, insert “Regulations”.

(4) In the definition of “NHS standard sub-contract”(3), for “2015/16” substitute “2016/17”(4).

(5) In sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “practice staff”, after “NHS standard sub-contract”

insert “where the party to the NHS standard contract in question is an employing authority”.

(6) In the definition of “qualifying contract”(5), after sub-paragraph (c), insert—

; or

(d)

an NHS standard sub-contract;.

(7) In sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of paragraph (2A)(6), for “administration charge” substitute “scheme administration charge under regulation 2.C.6A(7) and any supplementary charge”.

(2)

This definition was inserted by regulation 20(b)(ii) of S.I. 2014/570.

(3)

This definition was inserted by regulations 20 and 21(e) of S.I. 2014/245.

(4)

Electronic copies of the guidance referred to in that definition can be obtained from www.gov.uk/dh. Hard copies may be obtained from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.

(5)

This definition was inserted by regulation 20(b)(ii) of S.I. 2014/570.

(6)

This paragraph was inserted by S.I. 2014/570.

(7)

Regulation 2.C.6A is inserted by these Regulations.