The Principal Act is amended, in Part 43, by the insertion of the following section after section 1008:

"1008A.

(1) In this section-

‘enactment’ means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by statute;

‘medical partnership’ means a partnership-

(a) all of the partners of which are individuals who are medical practitioners, and

(b) that is governed by a partnership agreement;

‘medical practitioner’ has the same meaning as in the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 ;

‘partnership agreement’ means any valid written agreement of the partners governed by the law of the State and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State as to the affairs of a partnership and the conduct of its business as may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time;

‘relevant income’ means all amounts, in respect of relevant medical services, paid to, or for the benefit of, a relevant medical services provider, by the Health Service Executive;

‘relevant medical services’ means services provided by a medical practitioner pursuant to-

(a) regulations made under sections 5 and 29 of the , Health Act 1947,

(b) section 58 of the Health Act 1970,

(c) sections 62 and 63 of the Health Act 1970,

(d) section 62A of the Health Act 1970,