Regulation 5 Eligible persons
(1)
An eligible person is a person who is, or who, on the relevant date, was—
(a)
a Part 4 contractor;
(b)
a primary medical services sub-contractor;
(c)
a person providing ancillary health services other than—
(i)
a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b); or
(ii)
a person providing ancillary health services under a contract of employment; or
(d)
any other person engaged or permitted (other than under a contract of employment), by a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), to carry out a relevant function.
(2)
In paragraph (1), “relevant date” means the date on which an act, or an omission to act, giving rise to an existing liability of the eligible person, occurred.