# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Regulation 10: Health service body status: election


(1) A person who proposes to enter into a contract with NHS England (a “proposed contractor”) may elect, by giving notice in writing to NHS England prior to entering into the contract, to be regarded as a health service body for the purposes of section 9 of the Act (NHS contracts).
(2) An election made by a proposed contractor under paragraph (1) has effect from the date on which the contract is entered into.
(3) If, by virtue of paragraph (1), a proposed contractor elects to be regarded as a health service body, the nature of, or any rights or liabilities under, any other contract previously entered into by that proposed contractor with a health service body before the date of that election remains unaffected.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies where—
(a) a contractor who is an individual medical practitioner enters, or two or more persons practising in a partnership enter, into a contract with NHS England; and
(b) that contractor is to be regarded as a health service body in accordance with paragraph (1).
(5) Subject to regulation 11, the contractor is to be regarded as a health service body for the purposes of section 9 of the Act (NHS contracts) for as long as the contract continues irrespective of any change in the—
(a) partners in the partnership;
(b) status of the contractor from that of an individual medical practitioner to that of a partnership; or
(c) status of the contractor from that of a partnership to that of an individual medical practitioner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/regulation-10
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