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—

  1. a

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

  2. b

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

  3. 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—

  1. a

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

  2. 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—

  1. a

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

  2. b

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

  3. 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—

  1. a

     providing or making arrangements for the provision of—

     1. i

        primary medical services, or

     2. ii

        ancillary health services, or

  2. 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).