SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Providers of Services
Matters excluded from investigation
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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—
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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.