The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (General) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

Additions to existing fund-holding practices

3.—(1) Where a medical practitioner (whether or not he is a member of another fund-holding practice) wishes to become a member of an existing fund-holding practice then, except in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), he and the members of the existing fundholding practice shall apply to the relevant Health Board for recognition as a fund-holding practice in accordance with the Applications Regulations.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a medical practitioner who becomes a partner of a member of a fund-holding practice whether in succession to another medical practitioner who has died or has left the practice, or otherwise as a result of the grant of an application made by the medical practitioner to a Health Board under section 20(1) of the Act(1) to be included in the list of names of medical practitioners undertaking to provide general medical services in the area of such a Board and that application has been granted.

(3) A medical practitioner who becomes a partner of a member of a fund-holding practice in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) shall, as from the date on which he becomes such a partner be a member of that fund-holding practice notwithstanding that he did not participate in the making of an application under regulation 3 of the Applications Regulations.

(4) Where a person becomes a member of a fund-holding practice and paragraph (2) applies, the practice shall forthwith give written notice to the relevant Health Board of the fact, the date on which he became a partner, the name of the new member and shall send to that Board a copy of any Agreement entered into with the new member for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(e) of the Applications Regulations.

(1)

1978 c. 29; section 20 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 3 and Schedule 7 and by S.I. 1981/432, article 4(1).