The National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

“ancillary health services” (“gwasanaethau iechyd ategol”) means services, other than primary medical services, provided as part of the health service by a person who, at the time of providing the services, was—

(a)

a Part 4 contractor whose principal activity consisted of the provision of primary medical services,

(b)

a primary medical services sub-contractor whose principal activity consisted of the provision of primary medical services, or

(c)

a person providing the services under a contractual arrangement with a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

“eligible person” (“person cymwys”) means a person specified in regulation 5;

“the health service” (“y gwasanaeth iechyd”) means the health service continued under section 1(1) of the 2006 Act;

“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established in accordance with section 11(2) of the 2006 Act;

“medical defence organisation” (“sefydliad amddiffyn meddygol”) means an organisation—

(a)

that does not carry on activities for the purposes of making profits for distribution to its members or others, and

(b)

whose objects include the provision of professional indemnity cover, on a discretionary basis, for the persons providing services as part of the health service;

“Part 4 contractor” (“contractwr Rhan 4”) means a person providing, or making arrangements for the provision of, primary medical services in accordance with a contractual arrangement (including a contractual arrangement or agreement that is part of a set of arrangements for the provision of services, in addition to the primary medical services) made with that person under one of the following provisions of the 2006 Act—

(a)

section 41(2)(b) (primary medical services),

(b)

section 42(1) (general medical services contracts: introductory), or

(c)

section 50 (arrangements by a Local Health Board for the provision of primary medical services);

“primary medical services” (“gwasanaethau meddygol sylfaenol”) means the primary medical services that the Local Health Board is under a duty to secure in accordance with section 41 of the 2006 Act;

“primary medical services sub-contractor” (“is-gontractwr gwasanaethau meddygol sylfaenol”) means a person providing primary medical services under a contractual arrangement made with a Part 4 contractor;

“relevant function” (“swyddogaeth berthnasol”) means—

(a)

providing or making arrangements for the provision of—

(i)

primary medical services, or

(ii)

ancillary health services, or

(b)

carrying out an activity in connection with any of the activities mentioned in paragraph (a);

“relevant liability” (“atebolrwydd perthnasol”) means an existing liability to which the Scheme applies;

“the Scheme” (“y Cynllun”) means the scheme established by regulation 3(1).