Chapter 5ANotices and penalties

150ANotices and penalties

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that where a practitioner who provides pharmaceutical services under arrangements with a Primary Care Trust breaches a term of those arrangements, the Primary Care Trust may—

a

by a notice require the practitioner to do, or not do, specified things or things of a specified description within a specified period, or

b

in prescribed circumstances or for a prescribed period, withhold all or part of a payment due to the practitioner under the arrangements.

2

Regulations under this section must include provision conferring on such persons as may be prescribed rights of appeal from decisions of Primary Care Trusts made by virtue of this section.

3

In this section—

• “practitioner” means a person included in a pharmaceutical list, and

• “specified” means specified in a notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (1).