SCHEDULE 3 E+W Other contractual terms

PART 7 E+W Notice requirements and rights of entry

Notice provisions specific to a contract with two or more individuals practising in a partnership E+W

51.—(1) Where a contractor is a partnership, the contractor must give notice in writing to [F1 NHS England] 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1