Regulation 22 Amendment of regulation 31

Regulation 31 (members' contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers)^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph (9)—

After paragraph (10), insert—

“(11)

The figures in column 1 of Table 3 (except the figures £13,259 and £13,260) are to be increased at the beginning of each scheme year starting with the scheme year 2025/26 and ending with (and including) scheme year 2027/28, if there is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for that scheme year, by the appropriate percentage for the scheme year rounded up to the nearest £1.

(12)

For the purposes of paragraph (11)—

(a)

there is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for a scheme year if the consumer prices index for the month of September before that scheme year is higher than that for the previous September;

(b)

the appropriate percentage for the scheme year is the same percentage as any percentage increase in the consumer prices index over the period specified by sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

the “consumer prices index” means the general index of consumer prices (for all items) published by the Statistics Board, a body corporate established by section 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;

(d)

where there is a relevant increase after 1st April 2025, the figures to be increased on the relevant date are the figures applicable to the previous scheme year.”.