# The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) Regulations 1990, Regulation 5: Grant of recognition as a fund-holding practice


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1753/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-applications-and-recognition-regulations-1990/regulation-5
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