Transitional provision relating to LPS schemes and pilot schemes in respect of which legal proceedings have commenced before 1st March 201510

1

Paragraph (2) applies as regards any dispute which relates to a matter arising before 1st March 2015 under—

a

an LPS scheme; or

b

a pilot scheme within the meaning given in section 134(2) of the National Health Service Act 20066 (pilot schemes),

which is not an NHS contract.

2

If legal proceedings relating to the dispute have commenced before 1st March 2015—

a

regulation 103(6)(a) of the principal Regulations (LPS schemes: health service body status);

b

regulation 109(4)(a) of the principal Regulations (LPS pilot schemes: health service body status); and

c

paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations (mandatory terms for LPS schemes – dispute resolution: non-NHS contracts),

have affect in relation to that dispute as if the amendments made by regulations 4, 5(a) and 9 had not come into force.