20.—(1) A Practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list where—
(a)the Practitioner is suspended from a performers list under regulation 12(1)(a) or (b) [F1or regulation 12(1A)]; or
(b)[F2NHS England] has decided to remove the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 11(1)(c), 14(3) or (5), 16 or 17(6)(b) but its decision has not yet taken effect.
(2) Where [F2NHS England] has notified a Practitioner of a matter referred to in paragraph (3), the Practitioner may not withdraw from a performers list in which the Practitioner is included until [F2NHS England] has finished its consideration of those matters.
(3) Those matters are that [F2NHS England] is considering—
(a)imposing conditions under regulation 10(1)(b);
(b)imposing conditions or removing the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 11;
(c)suspending the Practitioner from a performers list under regulation 12; or
(d)removing the Practitioner from the performers list under regulation 14(3) or (5), 16 or 17(6)(b).
(4) Nothing in this regulation prevents a Practitioner from withdrawing from the performers list in question if the Secretary of State consents.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 20(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/362), regs. 1(1), 8
F2Words in Instrument substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1