# Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Article 57C: General medical services contracts: payments


(1) The Department may make a scheme providing for payments to be made under general medical services contracts.
(2) A general medical services contract must require payments to be made under the contract in accordance with any scheme for the time being in force under this Article.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power under paragraph (1) a scheme under that paragraph may—
(a) provide for payments to be made by reference to compliance with standards or the achievement of levels of performance;
(b) provide for payments to be made by reference to—
(i) any method of calculation or scale specified in the scheme ; or
(ii) a determination made by any person in accordance with factors specified in the scheme ;
(c) provide for the making of payments in respect of individual practitioners;
(d) provide that the whole or any part of a payment is subject to conditions (and may provide that payments are payable by the Department only if it is satisfied as to certain conditions)
(e) make provision having effect from a date before the date of the scheme , provided that, having regard to the scheme as a whole, the provision is not detrimental to the persons to whose remuneration it relates.
(4) Before making a scheme under paragraph (1), the Department—
(a) shall consult any body appearing to it to be representative of persons to whose remuneration the scheme would relate, and
(b) may consult such other persons as it thinks appropriate.
(4A) The Department must publish a scheme under paragraph (1) in such manner as it thinks appropriate.
(5) References in this Article to payments include fees, allowances, reimbursements, loans and repayments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/57C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-57C
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