Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 103 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 103 of the principal Regulations (LPS schemes: health service body status), in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)

paragraph (4)(b), where C or the NHSCB—

(i)

has referred any matter to the NHS dispute resolution procedure before C ceases to be a health service body, or

(ii)

refers any matter to the NHS dispute resolution procedure, in accordance with paragraph 21(1)(a) of Schedule 7, after C ceases to be a health service body,

C is to continue to be treated as a health service body (and accordingly the scheme or agreement is to continue to be regarded as an NHS contract) for the purposes of the consideration and determination of the dispute;”.