PART 4Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015

Amendment of regulation 150

42.—(1) Regulation 150 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (3), substitute—

(3) A qualifying contract is a contract between a relevant commissioning party and an independent provider the primary purpose of which is the provision of clinical health care services for the NHS and which is—

(a)an NHS standard contract;

(b)an APMS contract;

(c)a contract entered into by a local authority pursuant to its functions under the 2006 Act relating to the improvement and protection of public health and which the Secretary of State agrees to treat as a qualifying contract for these purposes; or

(d)an NHS standard sub-contract..