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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/schedule-10/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/94",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Medical practitioner",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if a member (M)—\n(a) is a medical practitioner or a non-GP provider; and\n(b) is not in receipt of salary, wages, fees or other regular payments in respect of M's employment by virtue of the application of these regulations to M as mentioned in column 3 of the Table in regulation 27(1).\n(2) M's practitioner income is—\n(a) the sum of the amounts described in Cases 1 to 5; minus\n(b) an amount on account of practice expenses; ...\n(c) in the case of a practitioner referred to in regulation 166(7), bonuses and;\n(d) any payment or allowance made pursuant to the New to Partnership Payment Scheme.\nCASE 1 Income derived by M from each of the following—\n(a)a GMS contract;\n(b)a PMS agreement;\n(c)an APMS contract;\n(ca) a primary care network standard sub-contract;\n(d)payments from, or to, a practitioner who is a GMS practice, a PMS practice or an APMS contractor in respect of the performance of—\n(i)certification services;\n(ii)commissioned services; or\n(iii)collaborative services;\n(e)engagement by NHS England or a Local Health Board to assist in the provision of primary medical services under—\n(i)in the case of England, section 83(2) of the 2006 Act ; or\n(ii)in the case of Wales, section 41(2) of the 2006 (Wales) Act;\n(f)the provision of locum services;\n(g)payments made to M by an OOH provider or other employing authority providing OOH services in respect of the performance of—\n(i)primary medical services;\n(ii)commissioned services;\n(iii)collaborative services;\n(iv)NHS 111 services; or\n(v)certification services.\n(h)payments made to M by an employing authority in respect of M's provision of—\n(i)primary dental services;\n(ii)general ophthalmic services;\n(iii)pharmaceutical services;\n(iv)dispensing services;\n(i)practice-based work carried out in educating or training or organising the education or training of, medical students or practitioners;\n(j)sums paid in respect of the provision of primary medical services where M is engaged by an integrated care board to assist in the provision of the services;\n(k)sums paid in respect of the provision of services under an NHS standard contract or NHS standard sub-contract where the party to the NHS standard contract in question is an employing authority;\n(l)sums paid in respect of a contract entered into by a local authority pursuant to its functions under the 2006 Act relating to the improvement and protection of public health and which the scheme manager agrees to treat as a qualifying contract for these purposes.\nCASE 2 Charges collected from patients in respect of services mentioned in Case 1 sub-paragraph (d) which M is authorised by or under an enactment to retain. This does not include charges authorised by regulations made—\n(a)in relation to England, under section 185(1) of the 2006 Act;\n(b)in relation to Wales, under 133(1) of the 2006 (Wales) Act.\nCASE 3 Sums paid to M out of a fund determined by reference to the number of beds in a hospital.\nCASE 4 Allowances and other sums paid in respect of Board and advisory work. This does not include payments made to cover expenses.\nCASE 5 Payments made by an employing authority or a local authority in respect of health-related functions exercised under section 75 of the 2006 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 2(c) and preceding word inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/275), regs. 2(c), 47(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 10 para. 2(2)(b) omitted (with effect from 1.4.2020) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Schemes and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/631), regs. 1(2)(9), 28(3)(a) (with reg. 34)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 2(2)(d) and word inserted (with effect from 1.4.2020) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/631), regs. 1(2)(9), 28(3)(b) (with reg. 34)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(2)(ca) inserted (1.4.2023) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/301), regs. 1(2), 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 2 substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), regs. 1(1), 77(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 1 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(2)(k) inserted (1.4.2016) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/245), regs. 1(2), 87(3) (with reg. 105)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 10 para. 2 inserted (1.4.2019) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/418), regs. 1(2), 92"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 83(2) was substituted by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 30(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
}