{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-regulations-2020/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-regulations-2020/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/296",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which a payment may not be made under the Scheme",
  "text": "Without limit to the Secretary of State’s powers under regulation 7, the Secretary of State may determine that a payment is not to be made under the Scheme where—\n(a) the eligible person has made an admission of liability, without first obtaining the Secretary of State’s written consent;\n(b) liability has been determined by a court in proceedings conducted by, or on behalf of, the eligible person, other than in consultation with the Secretary of State;\n(c) the eligible person has not complied with a condition imposed by the Secretary of State relating to a claim;\n(d) a payment falls to be made by the eligible person and, without first obtaining the Secretary of State’s written consent, the eligible person agrees to—\n(i) be bound by the determination of any person as to the making of a payment in respect of a relevant liability; or\n(ii) make any other payment in respect of the relevant liability, other than in the course of legal proceedings, or agrees to make a payment in consequence of a settlement of legal proceedings;\n(e) the payment would be an amount that is less than any amount specified by the Secretary of State as being the minimum amount payable under the Scheme in respect of a relevant liability; or\n(f) the eligible person has failed, whether fully or in part, to comply with a notice under regulation 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/296/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:32:16.442438+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."
}