The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 No. 1879

PART 1 E+W General

[F1 Variation of core hours while a disease is or in anticipation of a disease being imminently pandemic etc. E+W

3A.— (1) In these Regulations, “core hours” means the period beginning at 8.00am and ending at 6.30pm on any day from Monday to Friday in circumstances where, in order to assist in the management of a serious or potentially serious risk to human health arising as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently—

(a) pandemic; and

(b) a serious risk or potentially a serious risk to human health,

[F2 [F3 NHS England] with the agreement of the Secretary of State has made an announcement] to the effect that the core hours of contractors in the area specified in the announcement are to include Good Friday and bank holidays in the circumstances specified, and for the duration of the period specified, in the announcement.

(2) In these Regulations, in the circumstances described in paragraph (1), “out of hours period means—

(a) the period beginning at 6.30pm on any day from Monday to Friday and ending at 8.00am on the following day; and

(b) the period beginning at 6.30pm on Friday and ending at 8.00am on the following Monday.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 3A, 3B inserted (27.3.2020) by The National Health Service (Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/351), regs. 1(2), 19

F2 Words in reg. 3A(1) substituted (E.) (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/911), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2

F3 Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1