National Health Service Act 1977

30 Applications to provide general medical services

(1) All applications made in the prescribed manner to an Area Health Authority for inclusion in a list kept by that Authority of the names of medical practitioners undertaking to provide general medical services for persons in the Authority's area shall be referred by the Authority to the Medical Practices Committee and (except as mentioned in subsection (2) below) any medical practitioner whose application is granted by that Committee shall be entitled to the inclusion of his name in the list.

(2) That entitlement is subject to—

(a) if the Secretary of State should so prescribe, section 31 below ;

(b) section 33 below (distribution of general medical services);

(c) section 46 below (disqualification of practitioners).