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32A.—(1) Any term that is part of a contract as a consequence of action taken under this Part, or by agreement between the parties or by virtue of regulation 47(2) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013 (terms of service of dispensing doctors: general) is temporarily not part of that contract, in the particular circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) and during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(iii), in the following circumstances—
(a)as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently—
(i)pandemic, and
(ii)a serious risk or potentially a serious risk to human health,
[F2NHS England] with the agreement of the Secretary of State has made an announcement in respect of the prioritisation of services to be provided in, or in any part of, England as part of the health service;
(b)the prioritisation is in order to assist in the management of the serious risk or potentially serious risk to human health;
(c)as part of the announcement, [F2NHS England] with the agreement of the Secretary of State has issued advice to the effect that contractors are not to comply with a specified type of term of general medical services contracts—
(i)in the area to which the announcement relates,
(ii)in the particular circumstances specified in the announcement, and
(ii)during the period specified in the announcement; and
(d)the contractor is situated in the area to which the announcement relates and compliance with the term (it being of the specified type) would, but for the effect of this paragraph, be a requirement of the contractor’s contract.
(2) [F2NHS England] must not take enforcement action, as provided for in a contract, in respect of a breach of a term of the contract in the following circumstances—
(a)as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently—
(i)pandemic, and
(ii)a serious risk or potentially a serious risk to human health,
[F2NHS England] with the agreement of the Secretary of State has made an announcement in respect of the prioritisation of services to be provided in, or in any part of, England as part of the health service;
(b)the prioritisation is in order to assist in the management of the serious risk or potentially serious risk to human health;
(c)as part of the announcement, [F2NHS England] with the agreement of the Secretary of State has issued advice to the effect that contractors need not comply with a specified type of term of general medical services contracts—
(i)in the area to which the announcement relates,
(ii)in the particular circumstances specified in the announcement, and
(ii)during the period specified in the announcement; and
(d)the contractor—
(i)is situated in the area to which the announcement relates, and
(ii)has not complied with the term (it being of the specified type) in the particular circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) and during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (c)(iii).]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 32A inserted (27.3.2020) by The National Health Service (Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/351), regs. 1(2), 15
F2Words in Regulations 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
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