{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-wales-regulations-2020/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/263",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice) (Wales) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-wales-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Liabilities to which the Scheme applies",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Scheme applies to an existing liability where—\n(a) the Welsh Ministers have entered into a contractual arrangement with a medical defence organisation, and\n(b) under that arrangement, the Welsh Ministers are required to consider providing indemnity or assistance in respect of an act or omission on the part of a member, or former member, of the medical defence organisation which gives rise to the existing liability.\n(2) The Scheme applies to an existing liability falling within paragraph (1) from 1 April 2021 or any earlier date determined by the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers must publish any date determined under paragraph (2) in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/263/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:01.922956+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."
}