The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 17th September 1990, make provision in relation to Scotland for general medical practitioners to apply for recognition as fund-holding practices and the grant of recognition by Health Boards or, on appeal, by the Secretary of State.

Regulations 1 and 2 make provision in relation to interpretation for the Regulations and regulation 3 makes general provision in relation to the making of applications for recognition by each member of the practice or group of practitioners concerned. Regulation 4 provides the conditions which must exist for a Health Board to be able to grant recognition, in particular that the practice, or practitioners making application for fundholding purposes, should have a minimum patient list size of 9,000, and makes further provision in relation to partnership applicants.

Regulation 5 makes provision in relation to the determination of applications by Health Boards and for notification of the determinations to be made. Regulation 6 makes provision for appeals to the Secretary of State against refusal of recognition by the Health Board and sets out the arrangements for such appeals.