Regulation 5 Eligible persons
(1)
An eligible person is a person who is, or who, on the relevant date, was—
(a)
a member of a medical defence organisation and a person falling within paragraph (2), or
(b)
a person engaged or permitted to carry out a relevant function by a person falling within sub-paragraph (a).
(2)
The following persons fall within this paragraph—
(a)
a Part 4 contractor,
(b)
a primary medical services sub-contractor, or
(c)
a person providing ancillary health services.
(3)
In paragraph (1), “relevant date” means the date on which the act or omission giving rise to an existing liability of the eligible person, occurred.