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31 Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.E+W+S

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(2)In the 1978 Act, after section 17, insert—

NHS contractsE+W+S
17AA Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.

(1)This section applies to any arrangement under which a Health Board or such other health service body as may be prescribed arrange for the provision to them—

(a)by a person on an ophthalmic list, or

(b)by a person on a pharmaceutical list,

of goods or services that they reasonably require for the purposes of functions which they are exercising under Part I of this Act.

(2)Any such arrangement is to be treated as an NHS contract for the purposes of section 17A (other than subsections (5) and (7)).

(3)In this section—

  • health service body” means a person or body which is a health service body for the purposes of section 17A;

  • ophthalmic list” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under—

    (a)

    section 26(2)(a) of this Act;

    (b)

    section 39(a) of the M1National Health Service Act 1977; or

    (c)

    Article 62(2)(a) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and

  • pharmaceutical list” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under—

    (a)

    section 27(2) of this Act;

    (b)

    section 42(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977; or

    (c)

    Article 63(2A)(a) of the 1972 Order.

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