# The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Regulation 9: Application for change in status of recognised fund-holding practice


(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.
(2) A purchasing co-operative may not apply to become a standard fund-holding practice or a primary care purchasing practice and neither a standard fund-holding practice nor a primary care purchasing practice may apply to become a purchasing co-operative.
(3) In this regulation, an application under paragraph (1) is referred to as an “application for change in fund-holding status”.
(4) 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.
(5) Regulation 2 (except for paragraph (4)), 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–
(a) to an application were references to an application for change in fund-holding status; and
(b) to the grant or refusal of recognition were references to the grant or refusal of an application for change in fund-holding status.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1014/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-regulations-1997/regulation-9
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