{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-contracts-regulations-2008/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-contracts-regulations-2008/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-contracts-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Finance",
  "text": "(1) The contract must contain a term which has the effect of requiring—\n(a) the PCT to make payments to the contractor under the contract promptly and in accordance with both the terms of the contract and any other conditions relating to the payment contained in any directions given by the Secretary of State under section 120 (GOS contracts: payments) (“the relevant directions”); and\n(b) the contractor to make payments promptly to the PCT and in accordance with both the terms of the contract and any other conditions relating to payment contained in the relevant directions.\n(2) The obligation referred to in paragraph (1) is subject to any right the PCT has to set off against an amount payable to the contractor an amount that—\n(a) is owed by the contractor to the PCT under the contract;\n(b) has been paid to the contractor owing to an error or in circumstances when it was not due; or\n(c) the PCT may withhold from the contractor in accordance with the terms of the contract or any other applicable provisions contained in the relevant directions.\n(3) The contract must contain a term to the effect that where, pursuant to directions under section 8 (Secretary of State’s directions: exercise of functions) or 120, a PCT is required to make a payment to a contractor under a contract, but subject to conditions, those conditions are to be terms of the contract.\n(4) The contract must contain a term to the effect that, where the PCT has a right to set off under paragraph (2), the PCT may also recover that amount, or any part of it that has not been recovered by set off, as a civil debt, whether or not the contract has been terminated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/365",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Ophthalmic Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Ophthalmic Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/365",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Ophthalmic Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/365",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Ophthalmic Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1185/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:31:27.718618+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}