{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1571",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application for change in status of recognised fund-holding practice",
  "text": "After regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (withdrawal or death of a member of a fund-holding practice), insert the following new regulation:—\n“Application for change in status of recognised fund-holding practice\n8A (1) A primary care purchasing practice may apply to become a standard fund-holding practice and a standard fund-holding practice may apply to become a primary care purchasing practice.\n(2) In this regulation, an application under paragraph (1) is referred to as an “application for change in fund-holding status”.\n(3) An application for change in fund-holding status to take effect from 1st April in any year shall be made by 30th September in the preceding year or, in the case of an application from a standard fund-holding practice to become a primary care purchasing practice, such later date as the Health Board may agree.\n(4) Regulation 2 (except for paragraph (2A)), and regulations 3 and 4 shall apply to an application for change in fund-holding status as they apply to an application for recognition as a fund-holding practice but as if the references in those regulations—\n(a) to an application were references to an application for change in fund-holding status; and\n(b) to the grant or refusal of recognition were references to the grant or refusal of an application for change in fund-holding status.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1571/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:07:23.199286+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}