Paragraph 20 Local resolution of disputes

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 6(6) words omitted by National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2012 reg. 2(2)(a)(i)
sch 2 rev in pt (19.1.2007) by National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) 2006 reg 7
Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(c) added by Local Involvement Networks 2008 reg. 8
Sch. 2 para. 25 substituted by Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints 2009 Sch. para. 2
sch 2 am by National Health Service (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Community Pharmaceutical Services and Optometrist Prescribing) 2009 regs 29, 34
Sch. 2 para. 18 words substituted by National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2010 reg. 11(c)
Sch. 2 para. 29(2)(h)(i) words inserted by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) 2012 Sch. 3 para. 52(3)(a)(i)
Sch. 2 para. 29(2)(h)(i) words omitted by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) 2012 Sch. 3 para. 52(3)(a)(ii)
Sch. 2 para. 29(2)(h)(i) words inserted by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) 2012 Sch. 3 para. 52(3)(a)(iii)
Sch. 2 para. 29(2)(h)(ii) words inserted by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) 2012 Sch. 3 para. 52(3)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(f) words omitted by National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2012 reg. 2(2)(a)(ii)
Sch. 2 para. 6(7) omitted by National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2012 reg. 2(2)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 6(8)(a) omitted by National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2012 reg. 2(2)(c)
Sch. 2 para. 6(8A) inserted by National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) 2012 reg. 2(2)(d)
Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(b) omitted by Local Involvement Networks 2008 Sch. para. 11(4)

In the case of any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, the scheme, the contractor and the Primary Care Trust must make every reasonable effort to communicate and co-operate with each other with a view to resolving the dispute, before referring the dispute for determination in accordance with the NHS dispute resolution procedure (or, where applicable, before commencing court proceedings).