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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2B/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2B/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/300",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2B/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An “Independent Provider” means a person that employs an individual under a contract of service and—\n(a) is not otherwise an employing authority in respect of that individual;\n(b) is a party to a qualifying contract;\n(c) has been granted employing authority status for the purposes of this Section of the scheme by the Secretary of State following a written application made by it to the Secretary of State for that purpose, and\n(d) has, if so required by the Secretary of State, provided the Secretary of State with an IP guarantee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2B inserted (1.4.2014) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/570), regs. 1(2), 17 (with reg. 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/schedule/2B/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:02.304130+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."
}