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

Additions to existing fund-holding practices

4.—(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 fund-holding practice shall apply to the relevant Regional Health Authority for recognition as a fund-holding practice in accordance with the Application Regulations.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a medical practitioner who becomes a partner of a member of a fund-holding practice as a result of the grant of an application made by the medical practitioner to a Family Health Services Authority under section 30(1) of the 1977 Act(1) to be included in the list of names of medical practitioners undertaking to provide general medical services in the Authority’s locality.

(3) A medical practitioner who becomes a partner of a member of a fund-holding practice in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) shall, on having his name included in the list referred to in that paragraph, be a member of that fund-holding practice notwithstanding that he did not join in the making of an application under regulation 3 of the Application Regulations.

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 30 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 43 and Schedule 7, S.I. 1981/432, article 3(1), the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 4 and S.I. 1985/39, article 7(4).