The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Part payment of periodic payments where a contractor does not enter into a general medical services contract

38.  If a contractor does not enter into a general medical services contract which takes effect immediately after his default contract ceases to have effect, and –

(a) his default contract terminates on a day other than the last day of a month, the Board must pay to the contractor a proportion of any payment that would have been payable to the contractor under –

(i) Article 36(2), or

(ii) Article 36(5) to (7), in the case of periodic payments under Article 36(5) to (7) that fall due monthly,

had the contract terminated on the last day of a month, and that proportion is to be calculated by multiplying that payment by the fraction produced by dividing the number of days in the month during which the contractor was providing services under the default contract by the total number of days in the month;

(b) his default contract terminates on any day other than the last day of a quarter of the financial year, the Board must pay to the contractor a proportion of any payment that would have been payable to the contractor under –

(i) Article 36(4), or

(ii) Article 36(5) to (7), in the case of periodic payments under Article 36(5) to (7) that fall due quarterly,

had the contract terminated on the last day of a quarter of the financial year, and that proportion is to be calculated by multiplying that payment by the fraction produced by dividing the number of days in the quarter during which the contractor was providing services under the default contract by the total number of days in the quarter.