# The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 23: Restrictions on withdrawal from performers list


(1) A practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list where—
(a) the practitioner is suspended from a performers list under regulation 14(1)(a) or (b) or (2), or
(b) the Local Health Board has decided to remove the practitioner from a performers list under regulation 13(1)(c), 16(3) or (5), 18(3)(c), (4)(c) or (5)(c), or 19(7)(b) but its decision has not yet taken effect.
(2) Where the Local Health Board has notified a practitioner of a matter referred to in paragraph (3), the practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list in which the practitioner is included until the Local Health Board has finished its consideration of those matters.
(3) Those matters referred to in paragraph (2) are that the Local Health Board is considering—
(a) imposing conditions under regulation 12(1)(b),
(b) imposing conditions or removing the practitioner from a performers list under regulation 13,
(c) suspending the practitioner from a performers list under regulation 14, or
(d) removing the practitioner from a performers list under regulation 16(3) or (5), 18(3)(c), (4)(c) or (5)(c), or 19(7)(b).
(4) Nothing in this regulation prevents a practitioner from withdrawing from the performers list in question if the Welsh Ministers consent to that withdrawal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/63/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-performers-lists-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-23
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