Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
3.—(1) Regulation 4 (Conditions relating solely to medical practitioners) shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs.
(2) For paragraph 4 substitute—
“(4) In paragraphs (1), (2)(a) and (3)(a), “general medical practitioner” does not include a medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register by virtue of—
(a)article 4(3) of the 2010 Order (general practitioners eligible for entry in the General Practitioner Register) because of an exemption under regulation 5(1)(d) of the one or more of the sets of Regulations specified in paragraph (5);
(b)article 6(2) of the 2010 Order (persons with acquired rights) by virtue of being a restricted services principal (within the meaning of one or more of the sets of Regulations specified in paragraph (6) included in a list specified in that article; or
(c)article 6(6) of the 2010 Order.”.
(3) In paragraph (5), for “paragraph (4)(a)(iii) and (b)(i)(bb)”, substitute “paragraph (4)(a)”.
(4) For paragraph (6), substitute—
“(6) The Regulations referred to in paragraph (4)(b) are the General Medical Services Regulations Northern Ireland 1997, National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 and the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995.”.