# The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995, Regulation 8: Amendment of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations


For regulation 17(2) of the principal Regulations (payment for goods and services) substitute—
“(2) The goods and services referred to in paragraph (1) are the goods and services specified, in the case of standard fund-holding practices in Part I and in the case of primary care purchasing practices in Part II, of a list approved from time to time by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation.
(2A) Where—
(a) the list mentioned in paragraph (2) includes services in connection with the termination of pregnancy; and
(b) the members of a fund-holding practice do not wish to purchase such services in any financial year,
they may give notice to that effect to the Health Board not later than 6 months from the date on which their grant of recognition had effect, or in any other case by 30th September in the preceding year.
(2B) Where such notice has been given, the cost of any such services as are provided to individuals on the lists of patients of members of the practice in the financial year in question shall be met by the Health Board whose primary functions include the provision of goods and services to those individuals.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1571/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-8
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