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Regulation 5 Grant of recognition as a fund-holding practice

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(1)

A relevant Regional Health Authority shall grant recognition as a fund-holding practice—

(a)

if it is satisfied that the conditions specified in regulation 6 are fulfilled; and

(b)

in any case where the practice does not include both—

(i)

a member who practises in a partnership where the total number of patients on the lists of patients of the medical practitioners in the partnership exceeds 9,000, and

(ii)

a member who practises in another such partnership.

(2)

Recognition as a fund-holding practice shall be granted so as to take effect from 1st April following the grant of recognition.