Part 3

Miscellaneous

Pharmaceutical services in England

Breach of terms of arrangements: notices and penalties
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In Part 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006, before Chapter 6 (disqualification) insert—
Chapter 5A

Notices and penalties

Notices and penalties
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1
The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that where a practitioner who provides pharmaceutical services under arrangements with a Primary Care Trust breaches a term of those arrangements, the Primary Care Trust may—
a
by a notice require the practitioner to do, or not do, specified things or things of a specified description within a specified period, or
b
in prescribed circumstances or for a prescribed period, withhold all or part of a payment due to the practitioner under the arrangements.
2
Regulations under this section must include provision conferring on such persons as may be prescribed rights of appeal from decisions of Primary Care Trusts made by virtue of this section.
3
In this section—
- “practitioner” means a person included in a pharmaceutical list, and
- “specified” means specified in a notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (1).