Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Practitioner subject to inquiry in a fraud case

24.—(1) A Board that receives notice pursuant to regulation 7(3) may not add the practitioner subject to the inquiry to any list until proceedings in that case are finally concluded.

(2) In relation to a practitioner subject to an inquiry in a fraud case, the provisions of –

(a) Article 57G(1) (Persons performing primary medical services) of the Order are modified to the extent that such a practitioner shall not be entitled to the inclusion of the practitioner’s name in a medical list;

(b) Article 61(2)(b) (Arrangements for general dental services)(2) of the Order are modified to the extent that regulations need not confer a right for such a practitioner who wishes to be included in a list of dental practitioners who undertake to provide general dental services to be so included;

(c) Article 62(2)(b) (Arrangements for general ophthalmic services)(3) of the Order are modified to the extent that regulations need not confer a right for such a practitioner who wishes to be included in the appropriate list to be so included; and

(d) Article 63 (Arrangements for pharmaceutical services)(4) of the Order are modified to the extent that nothing in Article 63(2A) and (2D) shall require regulations to provide for a Board to include such a practitioner in a list or to confer on such a practitioner rights of appeal against a Board from a refusal to add such a practitioner to a list,

until proceedings in that case are finally concluded.

(1)

Article 57G was inserted by Article 8 of S.I. 2004/311 (N.I. 2)

(2)

Article 61(2)(b) was amended by S.I. 1981/432, S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24), S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and 2001 c. 3 (N.I.)

(3)

Article 62(2)(b) was amended by S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8) S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and 2001 c. 3 (N.I)

(4)

Article 63 was amended by S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20) and S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)