The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Agreements with one or more partnerships

16.—(1) Where a partnership is a party to the agreement, the agreement shall be treated as made with that partnership as it is from time to time constituted, and the agreement shall make specific provision to this effect.

(2) Where a partnership is a party to the agreement, the provider must be required by the terms of the agreement to ensure that any person who becomes a member of the partnership after the agreement has been made is bound automatically by the agreement, whether by virtue of the partnership deed or otherwise.