Other UK producers who are small producers
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6.—(1) A UK producer who is not a UK primary medical services provider, a Health Service chemist or an NHS hospital purchaser is a small producer if—
(a)the producer has net NHS sales income of £5 million or less in the relevant financial year,
(b)the producer receives—
(i)a request under regulation 23 during the producer’s first accounting reference period, or
(ii)a compliance notice in connection with such a request, or
(c)the producer becomes liable to pay a penalty under regulation 32(4) during the producer’s first accounting reference period.
(2) In this paragraph, “accounting reference period” had the meaning given in section 391 of the Companies Act 2006.