Paragraph 1
There is a total of at least 7,000 patients on the lists of patients of the members of the practice or, although there is a total of less than 7,000 patients on those lists, in the opinion of the Regional Health Authority, there is likely to be a total of at least 7,000 on those lists by the 1st April following the date on which it came to the notice of the Regional Health Authority that the total number of patients on the lists of members of the practice was less than 7,000.