Regulation 3 Application for recognition as a fund-holding practice

An application shall be made in writing on a form approved by the Secretary of State and, subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), shall be sent to the relevant Regional Health Authority.

The practice shall provide, in connection with the application, such information and documents as the relevant Regional Health Authority may reasonably require for the purposes of determining the application.

The application shall be signed by each member of the practice making it.

Where a member of a practice is on both the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in England and the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in Wales or the members of the practice include a member who is only on the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in England and a member who is only on the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in Wales, then the application shall be made to—

Where a member of a practice is on both the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in England and the medical list of a Health Board or the members of the practice include a member who is only on the medical list of a Family Health Services Authority whose locality is in England and a member who is only on the medical list of a Health Board, then the application shall be made to the relevant Regional Health Authority if more patients on the lists of the members of the practice reside in England than in Scotland^f1.