1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of Family Health Services Authorities) (Prescribing Incentive Schemes) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.
(2) In regulation 2—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“directions” means directions given by the Secretary of State under section 17 of the Act;
“FHSA” means Family Health Services Authority;
“practice” means one with respect to which section 18(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1) Act applies;
“prescribing incentive scheme” means a scheme under which an FHSA is required to make a payment to a practice which, in any financial year, has contained its prescribing costs as specified in directions.