UK Statutory Instrument SI 1996/706 United Kingdom

The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Regulations 1996

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2 Employer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.018 Determination of allotted sum Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Health Authority must determine fund-holding practice allotted sum in consultationLocal authority
s.019 Payment for drugs, medicines and listed appliances Regulated
  • Pay Health Authority monthly for drugs, medicines and listed appliancesAny Person
s.020 Purchase of goods and services Regulated
  • Use allotted funds to purchase necessary NHS goods and services for patientsAny Person
s.022 Payments to staff Regulated
  • Restrict use of fund-holding budget for staff payments to permitted purposesEmployer
27 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 2 para. 11 sch. 2 para. 11
sch. 2 para. 3 sch. 2 para. 3
sch. 2 para. 6 sch. 2 para. 6
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.002 Application of Regulations in Wales
s.003 Application for recognition as a fund-holding practice
s.004 Time of application
s.005 Grant of recognition as a fund-holding practice
s.006 Determination of applications
s.007 Conditions for continuing recognition
s.008 Additions to existing fund-holding practices
s.009 Withdrawal or death of a member of a fund-holding practice
s.010 Application for change in status of recognised fund-holding practice
s.011 Renunciation of recognition
s.012 Consequences of renunciation of recognition
s.013 Grounds for removal of recognition
s.014 Procedure for removal of recognition
s.015 Removal of recognition with immediate effect
s.016 Procedure for removal of recognition with immediate effect
s.017 Consequences of removal of recognition
s.021 Limit on provision of goods and services
s.023 Payment for management expenses
s.024 Payments to a member of the fund-holding practice
s.025 Savings from the allotted sum
s.026 Recovery of misapplied sums
s.027 Transfer of functions
s.028 Revocations

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