The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002

Appeals to the Secretary of State against determinations of Health Authorities taken before the relevant date (regulation 9 of the 1992 Regulations)

18.  Where, before the relevant date, the Secretary of State has directed a Health Authority (A), pursuant to regulation 11(6) of the 1992 Regulations, to recover an amount from a practitioner, and that amount has not been fully recovered before the relevant date, that direction shall be deemed to apply to—

(a) where the direction relates to a single list practitioner, the relevant Primary Care Trust (A); or

(b) where the direction relates to a multiple list practitioner, a relevant Primary Care Trust (A) that has been nominated by the relevant Primary Care Trusts from amongst themselves,

and the relevant Primary Care Trust (A) that is deemed to be subject to that direction pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) or (b) shall also be deemed to have done any other acts of the Health Authority (A) that relate to that direction and shall be deemed to be the appropriate Primary Care Trust for the purposes of the 1992 Regulations in respect of that direction.