Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/schedule/10
Timestamp: 2017-08-18 22:31:29
Document Index: 103675538

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Sch. 10 para. 3 words substituted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 43
SCHEDULE 10E+W+S Additional Provisions as to Prohibition of Sale of Medical Practices
Prohibition, and certificate of Medical Practices CommitteeE+W+S
1(1)Any person who buys or sells the goodwill, F1. . ., of a medical practice which it is unlawful to sell by virtue of section 54(1) above is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding—E+W+S
(a)such amount as will in the court’s opinion secure that he derives no benefit from the offence, and
(b)the further amount of £500,
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[F2(2)Any person proposing to be a party to a transaction or series of transactions which he thinks might amount to a sale of the goodwill of a medical practice in contravention of section 54(1) may ask [F3the Secretary of State] for a certificate under this paragraph.]
(3)[F3The Secretary of State] shall consider any such application, and, if [F4he is] satisfied that the transaction or series of transactions does not involve the giving of valuable consideration in respect of the goodwill, F1. . ., of such a medical practice, [F4he shall] issue to the applicant a certificate to that effect, which shall be in the prescribed form and shall set out all material circumstances disclosed to [F3the Secretary of State].
(4)Where any person is charged with an offence under this paragraph in respect of any transaction or series of transactions, it shall be a defence to the charge to prove that the transaction or series of transactions was certified by [F3the Secretary of State] under sub-paragraph (3) above.
(5)Any document purporting to be such a certificate shall be admissible in evidence and shall be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
(6)If it appears to the court that the applicant for any such certificate failed to disclose to [F3the Secretary of State] all the material circumstances, or made any misrepresentation with respect thereto, the court may disregard the certificate, and sub-paragraph (4) shall not apply thereto.
(7)A prosecution for an offence under this paragraph shall only be instituted by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and [F3the Secretary of State] shall, at the request of the Director, furnish him with a copy of any certificate issued by [F5the Secretary of State] under sub-paragraph (3), and with copies of any documents produced to [F6him] in connection with the application for that certificate.
F7(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1Words in Sch. 10 para. 1(1)(3) repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(12), Sch. 3 Pt. I; S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F2Sch. 10 para. 1(2) substituted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 30(3); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F3Words in Sch. 10 para. 1(2)-(4)(6)(7) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 14(3)(a), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, art. 2(3), Sch.
F4Words in Sch. 10 para. 1(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 14(3)(b)(i)(ii), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, art. 2(3), Sch.
F5Words in Sch. 10 para. 1(7) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 14(3)(c)(i), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, art. 2(3), Sch.
F6Word in Sch. 10 para. 1(7) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 14(3)(c)(ii), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, art. 2(3), Sch.
F7Sch. 10 para. 1(8) repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(12), Sch. 3 Pt. I; S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-5)
Certain transactions deemed sale of goodwillE+W+S
2[F8(1)For the purposes of section 54(1) and paragraph 1, a disposal of premises previously used for the purposes of a medical practice shall be deemed to be a sale of the goodwill of a medical practice if—E+W+S
(a)the person disposing of the premises did so knowing that another person (“A”) intended to use them for the purposes of A’s medical practice, and
(b)a person who procures the disposal of any premises is to be treated as having disposed of them.]
(2)Where in pursuance of any partnership agreement F9. . .—
(a)any valuable consideration, other than the performance of services in the partnership business, is given by a partner or proposed partner as consideration for his being taken into partnership,
(b)any valuable consideration is given to a partner, on or in contemplation of his retirement or of his acceptance of a reduced share of the partnership profits, or to the personal representative of a partner on his death, not being a payment in respect of that partner’s share in past earnings of the partnership or in any partnership assets or any other payment required to be made to him as the result of the final settlement of accounts, as between him and the other partners, in respect of past transactions of the partnership, or
(c)services are performed by any partner for a consideration substantially less than those services might reasonably have been expected to be worth having regard to the circumstances at the time when the agreement was made,
there shall be deemed for the purposes of section 54(1) and paragraph 1 to have been a sale of the goodwill F9. . . of the practice of any partner to whom, or to whose personal representative, the consideration or any part thereof is given or, as the case may be, for whose benefit the services are performed, to the partner or each of the partners by or on whose behalf the consideration or any part therof was given or, as the case may be, the partner who performed the services, and the said sale shall be deemed for the purposes of section 54(1) and paragraph 1 to have been effected—
(i)in a case to which paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) applies, at the time when the consideration was given, or, if the consideration was not all given at the same time, at the time when the first part thereof was given, or
(ii)in a case to which paragraph (c) applies, at the time when the agreement was made.
[F10(3)Sub-paragraph (3A) applies if a person (“the assistant”)—
(3A)For the purposes of section 54 and paragraph 1, a sale of the goodwill of the practice is to be deemed to have taken place (at the time when the remuneration was fixed), unless it is proved that the remuneration was not fixed in contemplation of the assistant’s succeeding to the practice.]
[F11(4)For the purposes of section 54(1) and paragraph 1, the goodwill of a medical practice shall be deemed to have been sold if—
(iii)in the performance of medical services by one person as an assistant to another.]
(6)In determining for the purposes of section 54(1) and this Schedule the consideration given in respect of any transaction, the court shall have regard to any other transaction appearing to the court to be associated with the first transaction, and shall estimate the total consideration given in respect of both or all the transactions, and apportion it between those transactions in such manner as it thinks just.
[F12(7)For the purposes of section 54 and this Schedule—
(b)unless the context otherwise requires, references to a person include, in the case of an individual who has died, references to his personal representative.]
F8Sch. 10 para. 2(1)(1A)(1B) substituted (1.4.1998) for para. 2(1) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 30(5); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F9Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(2) repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(12), Sch. 3 Pt. I ; S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F10Sch. 10 para. 2(3)(3A) substituted (1.4.1998) for Sch. 10 para. 2(3) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 30(7); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F11Sch. 10 para. 2(4)(5) substituted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 3(8); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F12Sch. 10 para. 2(7) substituted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 30(9); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
[F13 Carried-over goodwillE+W+S
F13Sch. 10. para. 3 and the cross-heading inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 30(10); S.I.1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)
F143The fact that a person’s medical practice was previously carried on by another person who at any time provided general medical services or personal medical services does not, by itself, make it unlawful under section 54(1) for the goodwill of his practice to be sold.]E+W+S
F14Sch. 10 para. 3 and the cross-heading inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 para. 30(10); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-5)