PART 4 Amendments to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015

Amendment of Schedule 15

94.  In Schedule 15 (definitions)—

(a) after the expression “the 2013 Act” in Column 1 insert a new expression “the 2016 Order” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “means the Pensions Act 2014 (Contributions Equivalent Premium) (Consequential Provision) and (Savings) (Amendment) Order 2016(1);

(b) for the entry in Column 2 corresponding to the expression “NHS standard sub-contract”(2), substitute “a sub-contract that complies with the National Health Service Commissioning Board’s guidance “NHS Standard Sub-Contract for the Provision of Clinical Services 2017/18 and 2018/19 (full length and shorter-form versions) Guidance”(3);

(c) after the expression “scheme year” in Column 1 insert a new expression “section 9(2B) rights” and for the corresponding entry in Column 2 insert “has the same meaning it has in the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) (No. 2) Regulations 2015”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/252.

(2)

This definition was inserted by regulations 29 and 49 (1) and (2) of S.I. 2017/275.

(3)

Electronic copies of the guidance referred to in that definition can be obtained from www.england.nhs.uk. E-mail: [e-mail] Hard copies may be obtained from NHS England at: NHS Customer Contact Centre, NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT. Tel: [phone].