The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Termination by the Health Board: changes in the provider

70.—(1) The Health Board shall be entitled to terminate the agreement with the provider by notice in writing on such date as may be specified in that notice where, during the existence of the agreement–

(a) one or more parties to the agreement have withdrawn from or ceased to be parties to the agreement; or

(b) where one or more partnerships are parties to the agreement, one or more partners have left that partnership or those partnerships,

if in its reasonable opinion, the Health Board considers that the change in the parties to the agreement or membership of the partnership (as the case may be) is likely to have a serious adverse impact on the ability of the provider or the Health Board to perform its obligations under the agreement.

(2) A notice given to the provider pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) shall specify–

(a) the date upon which the agreement is to be terminated; and

(b) the Health Board’s reasons for considering that the change in the parties to the agreement or the membership of the partnership (as the case may be) is likely to have a serious adverse impact on the ability of the provider or the Health Board to perform its obligations under the agreement.