Part 2 Pharmaceutical Services
Chapter 1 Local Pharmaceutical Services
NHS contracts and financial provisions
34 Funding of preparatory work
(1)
Provision may be made by regulations for F1Primary Care Trusts and Health Authorities to make payments of financial assistance for preparatory work.
(2)
“Preparatory work” means work which it is reasonable for a person to undertake—
(a)
in connection with preparing proposals for a pilot scheme; or
(b)
in preparing for the provision by him of any piloted services.
(3)
The regulations may, in particular, include provision—
(a)
prescribing the circumstances in which payments of financial assistance may be made;
(b)
imposing a limit on the amount of any payment of financial assistance which a F2Primary Care Trust or Health Authority may make in any prescribed period in respect of any one person or any one pilot scheme;
(c)
imposing a limit on the aggregate amount which a F2Primary Care Trust or Health Authority may pay by way of financial assistance in any one financial year;
(d)
requiring a person to whom assistance is given under this section to comply with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with prescribed requirements; and
(e)
for repayment in the case of a failure to comply with any condition so imposed.