# The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Regulation 12: Amendment of regulation 2.A.1


(1) Regulation 2.A.1 (interpretation: general) is amended as follows.
(2) At the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—
““the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.;”
““scheme administration charge” means the charge provided for in regulation 2.C.6A.”
(3) In the definition of “NHS standard contract”—
(a) for “standard commissioning contract”, substitute “terms and conditions”;
(b) before “2012”, insert “Regulations”.
(4) In the definition of “NHS standard sub-contract”, for “2015/16” substitute “2016/17”.
(5) In sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “practice staff”, after “NHS standard sub-contract”
insert “where the party to the NHS standard contract in question is an employing authority”.
(6) In the definition of “qualifying contract”, after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
“; or
(d) an NHS standard sub-contract;”.
(7) In sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of paragraph (2A), for “administration charge” substitute “scheme administration charge under regulation 2.C.6A and any supplementary charge”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/275/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-and-additional-voluntary-contributions-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-12
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