22.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the contract must contain a term which has the effect of requiring [F1payments to be made] under the contract promptly and in accordance with both the terms of the contract and any other conditions relating to the payment contained in directions given by the Assembly under section 28T of the Act. (GMS contracts : payments).
(2) The obligation referred to in paragraph (1) is subject to any right the Local Health Board may have to set off against any amount payable to the contractor under the contract any amount—
(a)that is owed by the contractor to the Local Health Board under the contract; or
(b)that the Local Health Board may withhold from the contractor in accordance with the terms of the contract or any applicable provisions contained in directions given by the Assembly under section 28T of the Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 22(1) substituted (1.3.2006) by The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/358), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 14)