Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Reglulations
These Regulations contain provisions relating to the operation of recognised fund-holding practices.
A recognised fund-holding practice is a practice comprising one or more medical practitioners who are providing general medical services in accordance with arrangements under section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977 which has been recognised by a Regional Health Authority under section 14 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is a recognised fund-holding practice and which in consequence of recognition is entitled to be paid an allotted sum in accordance with section 15(1) of the 1990 Act. An allotted sum may only be applied for purposes specified in these Regulations.
The Regulations include provision about—
the interpretation of the Regulations and their application in Wales (Part I),
the conditions for continuing to be entitled to recognition as a recognised fund-holding practice and additions to and withdrawals from a recognised fund-holding practice (Part II),
renunciation of recognition including the procedure for renunciation and its consequences (Part III),
removal of recognition as a recognised fund-holding practice, including specifying the grounds for removal, the procedure for removal, appeals against removal and the consequences of removal (Part IV),
the purposes for which allotted sums may be applied (Part V),
the transfer of some of the functions of Regional Health Authorities in England and similar functions of the Secretary of State in Wales to Family Health Services Authorities (Part VI).
They also amend the National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) Regulations 1990 in relation to applications from medival practitioners who have patients in England and Scotland.