Amendment of regulation 2.A.1
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
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”.
This definition was inserted by regulation 20(b)(ii) of S.I. 2014/570.
This definition was inserted by regulations 20 and 21(e) of S.I. 2014/245.
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.
This definition was inserted by regulation 20(b)(ii) of S.I. 2014/570.
This paragraph was inserted by S.I. 2014/570.
Regulation 2.C.6A is inserted by these Regulations.