The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1997

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART II RECOGNITION

    1. 2.Application for recognition as a fund-holding practice

    2. 3.Grant of recognition as a fund-holding practice

    3. 4.Determination of application

    4. 5.Appeals to the Secretary of State against refusal of recognition

  4. CONTINUING RECOGNITION

    1. 6.Conditions for continuing recognition

    2. 7.Additions to existing fund-holding practices

    3. 8.Withdrawal or death of a member of a fund-holding practice

    4. 9.Application for change in status of recognised fund-holding practice

  5. PART III RENUNCIATION OF RECOGNITION

    1. 10.Renunciation of recognition

    2. 11.Consequences of renunciation of recognition

  6. PART IV REMOVAL OF RECOGNITION

    1. 12.Grounds for removal of recognition

    2. 13.Procedure for removal of recognition

    3. 14.Removal of recognition with immediate effect

    4. 15.Appeals to the Secretary of State

    5. 16.Consequences of removal

  7. PART V ALLOTTED SUM-AUTHORISED PURPOSES

    1. 17.Payment for drugs, medicines and listed appliances

    2. 18.Payment for goods and services

    3. 19.Payments to members of the practice

    4. 20.Payment of salaries

    5. 21.Payment for management expenses

    6. 22.Savings from the allotted sum

    7. 23.Recovery of mis-applied amounts

  8. PART VI REVOCATIONS

    1. 24.Revocations

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING RECOGNITION AS A FUND-HOLDING PRACTICE

      1. 1.In the case of an application for recognition as a...

      2. 2.Where some or all of the members of the practice...

      3. 3.The members of the practice have shown themselves capable of...

      4. 4.Where the members of the practice are not partners in...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUING RECOGNITION AS A FUND-HOLDING PRACTICE

      1. 1.In the case of a standard fund-holding practice there is...

      2. 2.Where the members of the practice are not partners in...

      3. 3.The allotted sum is applied in accordance with regulations 17...

      4. 4.The members of a fund-holding practice are, and in the...

      5. 5.Where the members of a fund-holding practice employ a person...

      6. 6.The members of the practice maintain a bank account (“the...

      7. 7.Except where liability to pay an allotted sum to the...

      8. 8.No sums are paid into the fund-holding account other than...

      9. 9.The members of the practice send to the relevant Health...

      10. 10.The members of the practice send to the relevant Health...

      11. 11.The members of the practice submit to the relevant Health...

      12. 12.Except in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (d), (e),...

      13. 13.The members of the fund-holding practice secure that the procedure...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      REVOCATIONS

  11. Explanatory Note