Matters excluded from investigation
2(1)Section 7 (Commissioner not to investigate certain matters) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) shall be omitted.
(3)In subsection (2), in paragraph (b) (exception for arrangements between bodies) for the words from “a body which” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “an independent provider for the provision of services by the provider”.
(4)In subsection (2), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “and
(c)matters arising from arrangements between a family health service provider and an independent provider for the provision of services by the independent provider.”
(5)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)A Commissioner shall not conduct an investigation in pursuance of a complaint if—
(a)the complaint is in respect of action taken in any matter relating to arrangements made by a health service body and a family health service provider for the provision of family health services,
(b)the action is taken by or on behalf of the body or by the provider, and
(c)the complaint is made by the provider or the body.”