Section 31 Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.

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In the 1978 Act, after section 17, insert—

“ NHS contracts

Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.

17AA

(1)

This section applies to any arrangement under which a Health Board or such other health service body as may be prescribed arrange for the provision to them—

(a)

by a person on an ophthalmic list, or

(b)

by a person on a pharmaceutical list,

of goods or services that they reasonably require for the purposes of functions which they are exercising under Part I of this Act.

(2)

Any such arrangement is to be treated as an NHS contract for the purposes of section 17A (other than subsections (5) and (7)).

(3)

In this section—

• “health service body” means a person or body which is a health service body for the purposes of section 17A;

• “ophthalmic list” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under—

  1. (a)

     section 26(2)(a) of this Act;

  2. (b)

     section 39(a) of the M1National Health Service Act 1977; or

  3. (c)

     Article 62(2)(a) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and

• “pharmaceutical list” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under—

  1. (a)

     section 27(2) of this Act;

  2. (b)

     section 42(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977; or

  3. (c)

     Article 63(2A)(a) of the 1972 Order.”