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—

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.