# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, Paragraph 23: Approval and Approval Applications

Extent: E+W+S

Those steps are to require the Independent Provider to—
(a) increase the sum already guaranteed by the Independent Provider’s IP guarantee or guarantees where there is more than one;
(b) provide one or more further IP guarantee guaranteeing payment of a sum equal to the amount of the increase in the potential contribution liability;
(c) guarantee, by way of one or more IP guarantees, payment of a sum equal to the total potential contribution liability in respect of both the contract or contracts in respect of which the Independent Provider was originally granted employing authority status and the subsequent qualifying contract where the Independent Provider has not previously been required to provide one.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/schedule/2B/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2B/paragraph-23
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