{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2216",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation R11",
  "text": "For regulation R11 (participators in pilot schemes) substitute the following regulation–\n“Participators in pilot schemes\nR11 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, for the duration of any pilot scheme–\n(a) a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist–\n(i) who is, in relation to the pilot scheme, a person providing piloted services, a medical pilot scheme employee, or a dental pilot scheme employee; and\n(ii) who, immediately prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme, was a member of the scheme by reason of his employment as a practitioner,\nshall be treated as a practitioner employed by the relevant Health Authority;\n(b) a registered dentist who is engaged, under a contract for services, by a person providing piloted services to carry out personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme shall be treated as a practitioner employed by the relevant Health Authority;\n(c) a registered dentist shall be treated as an officer if–\n(i) he is a dental pilot scheme employee; and\n(ii) immediately prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme he was a member by virtue of his employment as an officer; and\n(iii) his name was at that time included in a dental list immediately prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme;\n(d) a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist, to whom paragraph (a) above does not apply, shall–\n(i) if he is providing piloted services, be treated as a practitioner employed by the relevant Health Authority; or\n(ii) if he is a medical pilot scheme employee or a dental pilot scheme employee, be treated as an officer employed by the provider of the piloted services;\n(e) a person who is providing piloted services shall be liable to pay contributions under regulation D2 in respect of a member to whom paragraph (b) above applies, or who is employed by him as a medical pilot scheme employee, or as a dental pilot scheme employee;\n(f) a member who, immediately prior to the commencement of a pilot scheme–\n(i) was employed as an NHS employee or as an NHS dental employee and was not a registered dentist;\n(ii) was employed as a medical pilot scheme employee, and was not a registered medical practitioner; or\n(iii) was employed as a dental pilot scheme employee, and was not a registered dentist;\nand who, after the commencement of the pilot scheme, is providing piloted services, shall be treated as a whole-time officer employed by the relevant Health Authority;\n(g) a medical pilot scheme employee, who is employed otherwise than by a National Health Service trust, and to whom paragraph (a) or (d)(ii) does not apply, shall be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if he were practice staff;\n(h) a person other than a registered dentist who–\n(i) is employed as a dental pilot scheme employee otherwise than by a National Health Service trust;\n(ii) immediately prior to the commencement of such employment, was employed by a National Health Service trust or by a Health Authority as an NHS dental employee; and\n(iii) was at that time a member,\nshall continue to be eligible to be a member;\n(i) a dental therapist who–\n(i) is a provider of piloted services or is a dental pilot scheme employee; and\n(ii) immediately prior to the commencement of the dental pilot scheme was not a member,\nshall be eligible to be a member.\n(2) In paragraph (1) above “relevant Health Authority” means the Health Authority which has made an agreement with a person for that person to provide piloted services in the Health Authority’s area.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation R11 was inserted by S.I. 1998/666."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2216/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:05.274723+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}