# The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998, Regulation 5: Amendment of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations


(1) Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations (payment for drugs, medicines and listed appliances) is amended as follows.
(2) Before paragraph (1) insert–
“(A1) This regulation does not apply to the members of a standard fund-holding practice or a primary care purchasing practice who perform personal medical services under a pilot scheme, and–
(a) the pilot scheme makes provision for the cost (however calculated) of the drugs, medicines and listed appliances supplied pursuant to orders given by or on behalf of members of the practice to be deducted from the net consideration payable under the pilot scheme to the provider or accounted for in some other way; or
(b) under which there are to be provided services which are not personal medical services, but which are services which may be provided by virtue of section 1(3) of the 1997 Act (other than the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances for immediate treatment or by way of personal administration or application),
and references in this regulation to “fund-holding practice” shall be construed accordingly.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/658/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-5
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