Conditions relating solely to medical practitioners
4.—(1) In the case of a contract to be entered into with a medical practitioner, that practitioner must be a general medical practitioner.
(2) In the case of a contract to be entered into with two or more individuals practising in partnership –
(a)at least one partner (who must not be a limited partner) must be a general medical practitioner; and
(b)any other partner who is a medical practitioner must –
(i)be a general medical practitioner, or
(ii)be employed by a Board, a Health and Social Services Trust, a Primary Care Trust, a Local Health Board, (in England and Wales and Scotland) NHS Trust, an NHS Foundation Trustor, (in Scotland) a Health Board;
(3) In the case of a contract to be entered into with a company limited by shares –
(a)at least one share in the company must be legally and beneficially owned by a general medical practitioner; and
(b)any other share or shares in the company that are legally and beneficially owned by a medical practitioner must be so owned by –
(i)a general medical practitioner, or
(ii)a medical practitioner who is employed by a Board, a Primary Care Trust, Local Health Board, in England and Wales and Scotland an NHS Trust, or in (Scotland) a Health Board.