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79.—(1) The contractor shall at all times hold adequate insurance against liability arising from negligent performance of clinical services under the agreement.
(2) The contractor shall not sub-contract its obligations to provide clinical services under the agreement unless it has satisfied itself that the sub-contractor holds adequate insurance against liability arising from negligent performance of such services.
(3) In this paragraph—
(a)“insurance” means a contract of insurance or other arrangement made for the purpose of indemnifying the contractor; and
(b)a contractor or sub-contractor shall be regarded as holding insurance if it is held by an employee of its in connection with clinical services which that employee provides under the agreement or, as the case may be, sub-contract.
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