Notice provisions specific to a contract with two or more individuals practising in a partnershipE+W
51.—(1) Where a contractor is a partnership, the contractor must give notice in writing to the Board as soon as—
(a)any partner in the partnership—
(i)leaves the partnership, or
(ii)informs the other partners in the partnership that they intend to leave the partnership; or
(b)a new partner joins the partnership.
(2) A notice under sub-paragraph (1)(a) must confirm the date on which the partner left or proposes to leave the partnership.
(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—
(a)state the date on which the new partner joined the partnership;
(b)confirm that the new partner is—
(i)a medical practitioner, or
(ii)a person who satisfies the conditions specified in section 86(2)(b)(i) to (iv) of the Act (persons eligible to enter into GMS contracts);
(c)confirm that the new partner meets the conditions imposed by regulations 5 and 6; and
(d)state whether the new partner is a general or a limited partner in the partnership.