PART 4E+WHealth Service Body Status

Health service body statusE+W

9.—(1) A contractor is to be regarded as a health service body for the purposes of section 9 of the Act (NHS contracts) from the date on which it enters into an agreement unless, in the case of—

(a)an agreement with a contractor who is an individual or which is a qualifying body, that individual or qualifying body; or

(b)any other agreement, any of the proposed parties to the agreement (other than [F1NHS England]),

objects by giving notice in writing to [F1NHS England] at any time prior to the agreement being made.

(2) If, by virtue of paragraph (1), a contractor is to be regarded as a health service body, any change in the parties comprising the contractor does not affect the status of the contractor as a health service body.

(3) If, by virtue of paragraph (1) or regulation 10, a contractor is to be regarded as a health service body, the nature of, or any rights or liabilities under, any other agreement or contract previously entered into by the contractor with a health service body remain unaffected.

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