# The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 31: Additional grounds for refusal


(1) In addition to the grounds in regulation 8(2), a Local Health Board may refuse to include a medical practitioner in its medical performers list if—
(a) the medical practitioner’s registration in the register of medical practitioners is subject to conditions by virtue of an order made by an Interim Orders Tribunal, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal or a court under section 41A of the 1983 Act (interim orders),
(b) the medical practitioner’s registration in that register is subject to conditions by virtue of a direction of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal under section 35D(2)(c), (5)(c), (8)(c) or (12) of the 1983 Act (functions of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal), or
(c) the medical practitioner’s registration in that register is subject to conditions by virtue of a direction of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal pursuant to rules made under paragraphs 5A(3D) and 5C(4) of Schedule 4 to the 1983 Act (professional performance assessments).
(2) In addition to the grounds in regulation 8(4), a Local Health Board must also refuse to include a medical practitioner in its medical performers list if—
(a) the medical practitioner is a contractor and, at the time of the medical practitioner’s application, more of the patients of the relevant scheme reside in the area of another Local Health Board than reside in the area of the Local Health Board in whose performers list the medical practitioner has applied for inclusion,
(b) the medical practitioner is a contractor and the relevant scheme is not one that lies within its area, or
(c) the medical practitioner is included in the medical performers list of another Local Health Board, unless the medical practitioner has given notice in writing to that Local Health Board that the medical practitioner wishes to withdraw from that list.
(3) For the purposes of regulation 8(2)(e), the date prescribed in this Part is 3 November 2003 or, if the medical practitioner concerned had been included in a medical list or a supplementary list, 26 August 2002.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/63/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-performers-lists-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-31
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