# The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2002, Paragraph 1


In regulation A2 (interpretation)—
(a) for the definition of “practitioner” there is substituted—
““practitioner” means—
(a) a registered medical practitioner, other than a trainee practitioner, who is an assistant practitioner, an associate general practitioner, a locum practitioner (other than a person treated as an officer under regulation R11), a principal practitioner or a person who is treated as a practitioner under regulation R11 (participators in pilot schemes), or
(b) a registered dentist, other than a person who is paid wholly by way of salary by a National Health Service Trust, a Primary Care Trust or a Health Authority or a person treated as an officer under regulation R11;”.
(b) the following definitions are inserted in alphabetical order at the appropriate places—
“assistant practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“associate general practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“locum practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
“principal practitioner” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/561/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2002/schedule/paragraph-1
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