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The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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20.—(1) The contract must contain a term which has the effect of requiring payments to be made under the contract promptly and in accordance with—

(a)the terms of the contract, and

(b)any other conditions relating to payment contained in directions given by the Welsh Ministers under section 12 (exercise of functions) or section 45 of the Act (GMS contracts: payments).

(2) The contract must contain a term to the effect that where, in accordance with directions given by the Welsh Ministers under section 12 (exercise of functions) or section 45 (GMS contracts: payments) of the Act, the Local Health Board is required to make a payment to a contractor under a contract but subject to conditions, those conditions must be a term of the contract.

(3) The obligation referred to in paragraph (1) is subject to any right the Local Health Board may have to set off against any amount payable to the contractor under the contract any amount—

(a)that is owed by the contractor to the Local Health Board under the contract; or

(b)that the Local Health Board may withhold from the contractor in accordance with the terms of the contract or any applicable provisions contained in directions given by the Welsh Ministers under section 45 of the Act.

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I1Reg. 20 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)

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