(1)This section applies to any arrangement under which a Local Health Board or such other health service body as may be prescribed arranges for the provision to it—
(a)by a contractor under a general ophthalmic services contract,
(b)by a person on an ophthalmic list,
(c)by a person on a pharmaceutical list, or
(d)by a person who has entered into a pharmaceutical care services contract under section 17Q of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29),
of the goods or services mentioned in subsection (2).
(2)The goods or services are those that the body reasonably requires for the purposes of its functions, other than functions under—
(a)Part 6 (general ophthalmic services),
(b)Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 7 (pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services under pilot schemes), or
(c)section 115 of, or Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 7 of, the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (primary ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services under pilot schemes).
(3)Any such arrangement is to be treated as an NHS contract for the purposes of section 7 (other than subsections (7) and (10)).
(4)In this section—
“general ophthalmic services contract” and “contractor” under such a contract have the meanings given by section 117 of the National Health Service Act 2006,
“health service body” means a body which is a health service body for the purposes of section 7,
“ophthalmic list” includes a list published in accordance with regulations made under—
section 26(2)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), or
Article 62(2)(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I.14)), and
“pharmaceutical list” includes a list published in accordance with regulations made under—
section 129(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006, or
Article 63(2A)(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
(5)The reference to a list published in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (a) of section 26(2) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 is a reference to the first part of the list (referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph) which is published in accordance with regulations under that paragraph.