Health Authorities Act 1995

74 In section 15 (payments to recognised fund-holding practices)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) In respect of each financial year, every Health Authority shall be liable to pay to the members of each recognised fund-holding practice in relation to which they are the relevant Health Authority a sum determined by the Secretary of State in such manner and by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State may direct (in this section referred to as an “allotted sum”).”,

(b) omit subsection (2),

(c) in subsection (3), omit “or subsection (2)”,

(d) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) In any case where—

(a) a Health Authority make a payment of, or of any part of, an allotted sum to the members of a recognised fund-holding practice, and

(b) some of the individuals on the list of patients of any of the members of the practice reside in the area of another Health Authority, or in the area of a Health Board,

the Health Authority making the payment shall be entitled to recover from that other Health Authority, or from that Health Board, an amount equal to such portion of the payment as may be determined in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State.”,

(e) omit subsection (5),

(f) in subsection (7)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “Regional Health Authority”, and

(ii) in paragraph (c), for “District Health Authority”,

substitute “Health Authority”,

(g) omit subsection (8), and

(h) in subsection (9), for—

(i) “Family Health Services Authority”, and

(ii) “Authority”, in the other place,

substitute “Health Authority