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(2)In the 1978 Act, after section 27A, insert—
(1)Directions under section 27A may require the Health Board to whom they apply, when making arrangements—
(a)to include, in the terms on which the arrangements are made, such terms as may be specified in the directions;
(b)to impose, on any person providing a service in accordance with the arrangements, such conditions as may be so specified.
(2)The arrangements must secure that any service to which they apply is provided only by a person whose name is included in a pharmaceutical list.
(3)Different arrangements may be made with respect to—
(a)the provision of the same service by the same person but in different circumstances; or
(b)the provision of the same service by different persons.
(4)A Health Board must provide details of proposed arrangements (including the remuneration to be offered for the provision of services) to any person who asks for them.
(5)After making any arrangements, a Health Board must publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct, such details of the arrangements as he may direct.
(6)In this section, “pharmaceutical list” means, subject to any provision of the directions in question, a list—
(a)published by the Health Board concerned, or by any other Health Board, in accordance with regulations made under section 27(2) of this Act; or
(b)published by any body in accordance with regulations made under section 42(2) of the M1National Health Service Act 1977 or Article 63(2A)(a) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.”
Textual Amendments
F1S. 28(1) repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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