The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

15.—(1) The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003(1) shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2) In Article 10 (the General Practitioners Register) –

(a) in paragraph 4, for sub-paragraph (c), substitute –

“(c) in Northern Ireland, be included in a primary medical services performers list”;

(b) in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraph (c).

(3) In Schedule 1 (interpretation), insert at the appropriate alphabetical position –

““a primary medical services performers list” means a list of medical practitioners prepared and published pursuant to Article 57G of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;”.

(4) In Schedule 8 (transitional, transitory and saving provisions), in paragraph 22(2) (general practitioners permitted to work within the National Health Service during the transitional period) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute –

“(c) in Northern Ireland, inclusion in a primary medical services performers list;”.

(5) In Schedule 9 (consequential amendments to primary legislation), omit paragraph 7.

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S.I. 2003/1250