# The National Health Service (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (definitions)–
(a) after the definition of “participating employment” there is inserted the following definition–
“`pay period' means the period set out in the officer’s contract of employment in respect of which each payment of salary or wages is made or, in the case of a practitioner, a period of 3 months ending on the last day of March, June, September or December as the case may be;”;
(b) after the definition of “pensionable age” there is inserted the following definition–
“`personal pension scheme' shall be construed in accordance with section 84 of the Social Security Act 1986;”;
(c) after the definition of “retiring allowance” there is inserted the following definition–
“`self-employed pension arrangement' means a personal pension scheme within the meaning of Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 which is approved by the Inland Revenue under that Chapter; but which is neither a personal pension scheme within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1986 nor a contract or a scheme approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;”;
(d) in the definition of “service” for the words “18 years” there are substituted the words “16 years”; and at the end of sub-paragraph (c) there is inserted the word “or” and after that sub-paragraph there is added–
“(d) any period of employment subject to an election made under regulation 6(2);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/804/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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