The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

“Consideration of vacancies by Health Authorities

24.—(1) For Regulation 18L (transitional provision) substitute—

“Transitional provisions

18L— (1) Any decision of the Medical Practices Committee taken before 1st April 2002 under the provisions of these Regulations as they are in force, shall on or after that date have effect as though the decision had been made by the Health Authority which made the reference to the Medical Practices Committee as a result of which that decision was made .

(2) Any condition of practice imposed before 1st April 2002 by the Medical Practices Committee under regulation 13(1)(b) or (1)(c) (or such a condition as varied by the Medical Practices Committee pursuant to regulation 15(1) as then in force shall on or after that date have effect as though the condition had been imposed by the Health Authority which made the reference to the Medical Practices Committee as a result of which the condition was imposed .

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where before 1st April 2002—

(a) a reference had been made to the Medical Practices Committee under regulation 11(1) as then in force, but the Medical Practices Committee had not made a decision by that date; or

(b) an application had been made to the Medical Practices Committee under regulation 15 as then in force, but the Medical Practices Committee had not determined the application by that date,

the decision, or as the case may be, the determination shall be made by the Health Authority which made that reference or application.

(4) Where the reference to the Medical Practices Committee was made at the request of a doctor providing general medical services in that area, that doctor may, on or after the 1st April 2002, choose to withdraw the request and make a new request for consideration of the vacancy instead.”