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(1)It is the duty of each Family Practitioner Committee, in accordance with regulations [F1and subject to any directions from the relevant Regional Health Authority]—
[F2(a)to administer the arrangements made in pursuance of this Act for the provision of general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services for their locality;]
(b)to perform such [F3management and] other functions relating to those services as may be prescribed.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
[F5(1A)In relation to a Family Health Services Authority for a locality in England, any reference in this Act or the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to the relevant Regional Health Authority is a reference to that Authority in whose region lies the whole or the greater part of the Authority’s locality.
(1B)In relation to a medical practitioner, any reference in this Act or the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to the relevant Family Health Services Authority shall be construed as follows,—
(a)if he practices in partnership with other medical practitioners, the relevant Authority is that Authority on whose medical list the members of the practice are included and, if some are included on one Authority’s medical list and some on another’s or if any of the members is included in the medical lists of two or more Authorities, the relevant Authority is that Authority in whose locality resides the largest number of individuals who are on the lists of patients of the members of the practice; and
(b)in any other case, the relevant Authority is that Authority on whose medical list he is included and, if there is more than one, that one of them in whose locality resides the largest number of individuals who are on his list of patients.]
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 12(1)(a)
F3Words inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 12(1)(b)
F4Words repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I
F5S. 15(1A)(1B) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 12(1)(c)
F6S. 15(2), Sch. 12 para. 2(5) repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15(1)(b) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/692, art, 2
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