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(1)The standard or special conditions of a licence under this Chapter may, in particular, include conditions—
(a)requiring the licence holder to pay to [F1NHS England] such fees of such amounts as [F1NHS England] may determine in respect of the exercise by [F1NHS England] of its functions under this Chapter,
(b)requiring the licence holder to comply with any requirement imposed on it by [F2NHS England] under Chapter 6 (financial assistance in special administration cases),
(c)requiring the licence holder to do, or not to do, specified things or things of a specified description (or to do, or not to do, any such things in a specified manner) within such period as may be specified in order to prevent anti-competitive behaviour in the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS which is against the interests of people who use such services,
(d)requiring the licence holder to give notice to the [F3CMA] before entering into an arrangement under which, or a transaction in consequence of which, the licence holder's activities, and the activities of one or more other businesses, cease to be distinct activities,
(e)requiring the licence holder to provide [F4NHS England] with such information as [F4NHS England] considers necessary for the purposes of the exercise of its functions under this Part,
(f)requiring the licence holder to publish such information as may be specified or as [F5NHS England] may direct,
(g)requiring the licence holder to charge for the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS in accordance with [F6the national tariff (see section 116)] [F6the NHS payment scheme (see section 114A)],
(h)requiring the licence holder to comply with other rules published by [F7NHS England] about the charging for the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS,
(i)requiring the licence holder—
(i)to do, or not to do, specified things or things of a specified description (or to do, or not to do, any such things in a specified manner) within such period as may be specified in order to ensure the continued provision of one or more of the health care services that the licence holder provides for the purposes of the NHS,
(ii)to give [F8NHS England] notice (of such period as may be determined by or under the licence) of the licence holder's intention to cease providing a health care service for the purposes of the NHS, and
(iii)if [F9NHS England] so directs, to continue providing that service for a period determined by [F9NHS England],
(j)about the use or disposal by the licence holder of assets used in the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS in order to ensure the continued provision of one or more of the health care services that the licence holder provides for those purposes, and
(k)about the making by the licence holder of investment in relation to the provision of health care services for the purposes of the NHS in order to ensure the continued provision of one or more of the health care services that the licence holder provides for those purposes.
(2)In subsection (1) “specified” means specified in a condition.
(3)[F10NHS England] must not include a condition under subsection (1)(c) that requires the licence holder (A) to provide another licence holder with access to facilities of A.
(4)A condition under subsection (1)(d)—
(a)may be included only in the licence of an NHS foundation trust or a body which (or part of which) used to be an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, and
(b)ceases to have effect at the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which it is included in the licence.
(5)The references in subsection (1)(d) to the activities of a licence holder or other business include a reference to part of the activities concerned.
(6)The references in subsections (1)(d) and (5) to the activities of a business include a reference to the activities of an NHS foundation trust in so far as its activities would not otherwise be the activities of a business.
(7)A condition of a licence under this Chapter may provide that it is to have effect, or cease to have effect, at such times and in such circumstances as may be determined by or under the conditions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 97(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F2Words in s. 97(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F3Word in s. 97(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 193 (with art. 3)
F4Words in s. 97(1)(e) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F5Words in s. 97(1)(f) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F6Words in s. 97(1)(g) substituted (1.7.2022 for specified purposes) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 10 para. 2; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(b) (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F7Words in s. 97(1)(h) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F8Words in s. 97(1)(i)(ii) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F9Words in s. 97(1)(i)(iii) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F10Words in s. 97(3) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
Commencement Information
I1S. 97 partly in force; s. 97 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 306(1)(d)
I2S. 97 in force at 1.11.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(2)
I3S. 97 in force at 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/671, art. 2(3)
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