The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004

3.—(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 Practitioner Register)—

(a) in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) in Scotland, be included in a primary medical services performers list (Scotland);”;

(b) in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraph (b); and

(c) in paragraph (7), omit “Scotland and”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—

(a) in the appropriate alphabetical position, insert—

““primary medical services performers list (Scotland)” means the list of primary medical services performers prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 17P of the 1978 Act (persons performing primary medical services);”(2); and

(b) in the definition of “restricted services principal”(3), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in Scotland, a general practitioner who had, pursuant to the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (before their revocation), undertaken to provide general medical services limited to—

(i) child health surveillance services,

(ii) contraceptive services,

(iii) maternity medical services, or

(iv) minor surgery services,

or any combination of the above; or”.

(4) In Schedule 8 (transitional, transitory and saving provisions), in paragraph 22 (general practitioners permitted to work within the National Health Service during the transitional period)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2),for paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) in Scotland, inclusion in a primary medical services performers list (Scotland);”;

(b) omit sub-paragraph (4)(b); and

(c) in sub-paragraph (5), omit “Scotland or”.

(5) In Schedule 9 (consequential amendments to primary legislation)—

(a) in paragraph 3 (National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)), omit sub-paragraphs (b) to (e); and

(b) in paragraph 6 (National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46)), omit sub-paragraph (d).

(1)

S.I. 2003/1250, as amended by S.I. 2004/865 and S.R. 2004/156.

(2)

Section 17P was inserted by section 5(2) of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp. 1).

(3)

As inserted by S.I. 2004/865, Schedule 1, paragraph 37(5)(b).