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After section 17P (as inserted by section 5 above) insert—
(1)A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—
(a)any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;
(b)any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements.
(2)Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.
(3)In this section, “assistance” includes financial assistance.”