{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/666",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation A2",
  "text": "In regulation A2 (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “1977 Act” insert the following definition—\n““1997 Act” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”;\n(b) in the definition of “employing authority”—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (d) delete “and” where it last appears;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (e) after “staff” delete “;” and insert “, and”;\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert the following sub-paragraph—\n“(f) a person who is providing piloted services;”;\n(c) after the definition of “health service scheme” insert the following definition—\n““medical list” means a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 29(2)(a) of the 1977 Act;”;\n(d) after the definition of “mental health officer” insert the following definition—\n““NHS employee” has the meaning given in section 2(3) of the 1997 Act;”;\n(e) in sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “occupational pension scheme” for “Chapter IV” substitute “Chapter I”;\n(f) after the definition of “personal pension scheme” insert the following definitions—\n““pilot scheme” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the 1997 Act;\n“pilot scheme employee” has the meaning given in section 2(3) of the 1997 Act;\n“piloted services” has the meaning given in section 1(4) of the 1997 Act;”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/666/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:58.011973+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."
}