Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations
3. In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (definitions)—
(a)after the definition “the Act of 1978” there shall be inserted—
““the Act of 1990” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;”(1);
(b)in the definition of “employing authority”—
(i)after the words “a Health Board”, there shall be inserted the words “,a Special Health Board, a National Health Service Trust”; and
(ii)after the words “the Act of 1978” there shall be inserted the words “, the Act of 1990”;
(c)after the definition of “non-participating employment” there shall be inserted—
““non-recurring bonus” means a payment made in recognition of performance in a particular period which—
(a)falls to be paid only once in respect of that period; and
(b)is an addition to the salary of an officer where either—
(i)the officer is entitled to the maximum salary which is payable in respect of his post; or
(ii)the officer has retired from his post before the day of payment;”; and
(d)in the definition of “remuneration” after the words “but does not include” there shall be inserted the words “any non-recurring bonus,”.