Disputes
30.—(1) Where a dispute in respect of a pilot scheme agreement is pending on 31st March 2006 under the NHS dispute resolution procedure or a procedure specified in the terms of the pilot scheme agreement that gives effect to direction 19 of, and Schedule 3 to, the PDS Directions, the adjudicator shall proceed to determine the dispute in accordance with the dispute resolution procedure that had effect on 31st March 2006 in respect of that dispute.
(2) In this article, the expression “adjudicator” means—
(a)in the case of a pilot scheme agreement that gives effect to the procedure specified in Schedule 3 to the PDS Directions, the person appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(b)in the case of a pilot scheme provider who is a health service body, the Secretary of State or a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1).