# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008, Regulation 2.M.1: General


(1) In this Chapter—
“approval application” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 2.M.3;
“default notice” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 2.M.7;
“required level of cover” means a sum equal to 110% of 3/12ths of a reasonable estimate of the Independent Provider’s total annual contribution liability arising under regulations 2.C.1, 2.C.5, 2.C.6, 2.C.8, 2.C.10 or 2.C.11 in respect of the qualifying contract in respect of which it was granted employing authority status.
(2) An “Independent Provider” means a person that employs an individual under a contract of service and—
(a) is not otherwise an employing authority in respect of that individual;
(b) is a party to a qualifying contract;
(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
(d) has, if so required by the Secretary of State, provided the Secretary of State with an IP guarantee.
(3) The “wholly or mainly condition”—
(a) requires that any employee of an Independent Provider performing services pursuant to a qualifying contract does so, if not for the whole of their time in that employment, then for more than 50% of that time;
(b) is to be assessed over—
(i) each scheme year, or
(ii) part of a scheme year where the services referred to in paragraph (a) commence or cease part way through such a year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/2.M.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-2.M.1
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