Regulation 6 Transitional arrangements in relation to telephone services and general ophthalmic services

(1)

Where, as a result of the amendment of the Schedule by virtue of regulation 4(3), a contractor is, by virtue of a contract or other arrangement for the provision of telephone services entered into before 1st July 2006, in breach of his terms of service, no action shall be taken against the contractor in respect of that breach, provided that the contractor complies with the conditions specified in paragraph (2).

(2)

The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the contractor—

(a)

provides, within the time specified in the request, such details of the contract or other arrangement for telephone services as the Primary Care Trust may request; and

(b)

varies or terminates that contract or other arrangement when required to do so by the Primary Care Trust in accordance with directions from the Secretary of State under section 17 of the National Health Service Act 1977^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 17 was substituted by the 1999 Act, section 12(1) and amended by the 2001 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5(3) and the 2002 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 7.