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  "legislation_title": "The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "Information on whether it—\n(a) has any criminal convictions in the United Kingdom;\n(b) has been bound over following a criminal conviction in the United Kingdom;\n(c) has accepted a police caution in the United Kingdom;\n(d) has accepted a conditional offer under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (fixed penalty: conditional offer by procurator fiscal) or agreed to pay a penalty under section 115A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (penalty as alternative to prosecution);\n(e) has, in summary proceedings in Scotland in respect of an offence, been the subject of an order discharging him absolutely (without proceeding to conviction);\n(f) has been convicted elsewhere of an offence, or what would constitute a criminal offence if committed in England and Wales;\n(g) is currently the subject of any proceedings which might lead to such a conviction, which have not yet been notified to the PCT;\n(h) has been subject to any investigation into his professional conduct by any licensing, regulatory or other body anywhere in the world, where the outcome was adverse;\n(i) is currently subject to any investigation into his professional conduct by any licensing, regulatory or other body anywhere in the world;\n(j) has been subject to an investigation into his professional or business conduct in respect of any current or previous employment or business where the outcome was adverse;\n(k) is currently subject to an investigation into his professional conduct in respect of any current or previous employment;\n(l) to its knowledge is the subject of any investigation by the NHS Business Services Authority in relation to fraud, or has been notified of the outcome of such an investigation, where it is adverse;\n(m) is the subject of any investigation by another PCT, which might lead to his removal from any primary care list or the termination of any contract with that PCT;\n(n) has been removed, contingently removed or suspended from, refused admission to or conditionally included in any primary care list,\nand if so, give details, including approximate dates, of where the investigation or proceedings were or are to be brought, the nature of that investigation or proceedings, and any outcome, with an explanation as to why and details of the PCT or equivalent body concerned.",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 46."
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. c.5; section 115A was inserted by section 15 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act (c. 47)."
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      "text": "The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority established under section 28 of the Act."
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