SCHEDULE 12 Procedure on References Under Section 120

SCHEDULE 12 Procedure on References Under Section 120

Section 120

Contents etc of reference

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(1)     A reference under section 120 must specify—

(a)     Monitor's reasons for proposing the method to which the reference relates, and

(b)     its representations as to why the grounds referred to in section 121(4) do not apply.

(2)     Monitor must give notice of the reference to—

(a)     [NHS England], and

(b)     each objector.

(3)     The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the reference.

(4)     In this Schedule, “objector†means—

(a)     in relation to a reference made where the condition in section 120(2)(a) is not met, each clinical commissioning group who objected to the proposed method to which the reference relates, and

(b)     in relation to a reference made where the condition in section 120(2)(b) or (c) is not met, each relevant provider who objected to that proposed method.

Representations by objectors

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(1)     If an objector wishes to make representations to the [CMA] on the matters specified in the reference for the purposes of paragraph 1(1), the objector must do so before the end of the period of 10 working days beginning with the day on which

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