Scotland and Northern Ireland. The BMA recommends that the wording in the Welsh model offer letter (see below) is used to replace the wording in paragraph 12, as otherwise the above wording is inconsistent with the model terms and conditions. Wales Replace paragraph 12 with: ‘You will be entitled to be paid during periods of incapacity for work due to illness or injury in accordance with the occupational sick pay provisions in paragraph 225 - 244 of the Hospital Conditions of Service.’
Scotland and Northern Ireland. The BMA recommends that paragraph 9 is amended to read: ‘For the purposes of assessing the period of continuous service the employment under this contact shall be deemed to have commenced on – For the purposes of a dismissal claim – [insert start date of the salaried GP post] For the purposes of calculating contractual maternity pay entitlement – [insert date when continuous NHS service began – see chapter 12, section 3.4 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook for details on how to ascertain this date] For the purposes of calculating contractual adoption leave pay – [insert start date of the salaried GP post, unless more favourable provisions agreed as suggested in chapter 13, sections 2 and 3 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook] For the purposes of calculating contractual paternity leave pay – [insert start date of the salaried GP post, unless more favourable provisions agreed as suggested in chapter 14, sections 3 and 4 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook] For the purposes of calculating contractual parental leave – [insert start date of the salaried GP post, unless more favourable provisions agreed as suggested in chapter 15, sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook] For the purposes of calculating contractual sick pay – [insert date when continuous NHS service began – see chapter 16, section 3.2 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook for details on how to ascertain this date] For the purposes of calculating contractual redundancy pay – [insert date when continuous NHS service began – see chapter 19, section 4.2 of the Salaried GPs’ Handbook for details on how to ascertain this date]’ Wales The Welsh version reads differently, but the BMA recommends that it is amended as recommended above. Working Time Regulations
Scotland and Northern Ireland. CAAV members are agricultural and rural valuers who provide professional advice and valuation expertise on issues affecting the countryside from tenancy matters to sales and purchase of farms and land, from taxation and compulsory purchase to auctioneering, and from conservation issues to farming structures. •
