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Part IIE+W+S General Medical, General Dental, General Ophthalmic, and Pharmaceutical Services

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. II modified by S.I. 1982/288, Sch. 2 para. 1 Table

C2Pt. II restricted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 12; S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

C3Pt. II power to modify conferred (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 15(2)(a); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1

Pt. II power to apply conferred (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 15(2)(b); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1

Local representative committeesE+W+S

44 Recognition of local representative committees.E+W+S

(1)Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a committee formed for the [F1locality of any Family Practitioner Committee] is representative —

(a)of the medical practitioners providing general medical services or general ophthalmic services in that [F2locality], or

(b)of the dental practitioners providing general dental services in that [F2locality], or

(c)of the ophthalmic opticians . . . F3 providing general ophthalmic services in that [F2locality], or

(d)of the persons providing pharmaceutical services in that [F2locality],

he may recognise that committee; and any committee so recognised shall be called the Local Medical Committee, the Local Dental Committee, the Local Optical Committee or the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, as the case may be, for the [F2locality] concerned.

(2)Any such committee may with the Secretary of State’s approval delegate any of their functions, with or without restrictions or conditions, to sub-committees composed of members of that committee.

45 Functions of local representative committees.E+W+S

(1)The Family Practitioner Committee for [F4a locality] in respect of which committees are recognised under section 44 above shall, in exercising their functions under this Part of this Act, consult with those committees on such occassions and to such extent as may be prescribed; and those committees shall exercise such other functions as may be prescribed.

(2)The Family Practitioner Committee may, on the request of any committee recognised under section 44 for their [F5locality], allot to that committee such sums for defraying the committee’s administrative expenses (including travelling and subsistence allowances payable to its members) as may be determined by the Family Practitioner Committee . . . F6

(3)Any sums so allotted shall be out of the moneys available to the Family Practitioner Committee for the remuneration of persons of whom the committee so recognised is representative and who provide general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services, as the case may be, under this Part of this Act.

The amount of any such sums shall be deducted from the remuneration of those persons in such manner as may be determined by the Family Practitioner Committee . . . F6