9.—(1) This Article applies where –
(a)on or before 31st March 2004, the removal of a patient from a relevant medical practitioner’s list of patients had taken effect under the 1997 Regulations; and
(b)the Agency had not, on 31st March 2004, reflected that removal in the list of patients of that medical practitioner which it maintained under regulation 18 of the 1997 Regulations.
(2) In a case to which this Article applies, the Board shall –
(a)remove the patient from the succeeding contractor’s list of patients as soon as reasonably practicable after 1st April 2004; and
(b)if notification of the removal was required to be given to the medical practitioner or the patient under the provision of the 1997 Regulations relevant to the removal and had not been given on or before 31st March 2004, notify the succeeding contractor and the patient of the removal.