The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

3. PART 2 ENTITLEMENT TO CONTRACTS

   1. 2. Entitlement to a general medical services contract

   2. 3. Entitlement to a general medical services contract as an individual medical practitioner

   3. 4. Appeal against refusal of a contract under article 3

   4. 5. Entitlement to a contract as one of two or more individuals practising in partnership

   5. 6. Duration of entitlement to a general medical services contract

   6. 7. Effect of termination of a default contract on entitlement to enter into a general medical services contract under articles 3 or 5

   7. 8. Entitlement to a general medical services contract of persons nominated under regulation 18C of the 1992 Regulations

   8. 9. Appeals under regulations 18G and 18GG of the 1992 Regulations

   9. 10. Entitlement to a general medical services contract following appeal under article 9

   10. 11. Appeal against failure of a Primary Care Trust to enter into a general medical services contract

   11. 12. Effect of events taking place after 31st March 2004 on entitlement to enter into a general medical services contract

   12. 13. Entitlement to a contract under section 176(3) of the Act

   13. 14. Duration of a default contract

4. PART 3 ARRANGEMENTS UNDER REGULATION 25

   1. 15. Temporary arrangements under regulation 25 of the 1992 Regulations

5. PART 4 CONTRACT TERMS

   1. 16. Additional services in default contracts

   2. 17. Additional services in general medical services contracts under article 8 or 10

   3. 18. Additional services in general medical services contracts entered into following a default contract

   4. 19. Out of hours services in default contracts

   5. 20. Out of hours services in general medical services contracts to patients of exempt contractors who have entered into a default contract

   6. 21. Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of default contracts

   7. 22. Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of contractual arrangements made under article 15

   8. 23. Effect on a general medical services contract of approval of an out of hours arrangement made by a default contractor

   9. 24. Services to patients not registered with the contractor in default contracts and general medical services contracts entered into on or before 31st March 2004

   10. 25. Services to patients not registered with the contractor in general medical services contracts entered into following a default contract

   11. 26. Premises for the purposes of default contracts and general medical services contracts entered into on or before 31st March 2004

   12. 27. Practice area for the purposes of default contracts

   13. 28. Lists of patients for default contracts and general medical services contracts entered into on or before 31st March 2004

   14. 29. Lists of patients for general medical services contracts entered into following a default contract

   15. 30. Lists of patients for default contracts and general medical services contracts entered into following arrangements under regulation 25 of the 1992 Regulations or article 15

   16. 31. Status of contractor’s list of patients for default contracts

   17. 32. Status of contractor’s list of patients for general medical services contracts

   18. 33. Dispute resolution procedures for default contracts

   19. 34. Additional ground for termination of a general medical services contract

6. PART 5 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

   1. 35. Interpretation of this Part

   2. 36. Payments under default contracts

   3. 37. Due dates for payments under a default contract

   4. 38. Part payment of periodic payments where a contractor does not enter into a general medical services contract

   5. 39. Conditions, set offs etc. relating to payments under a default contract

   6. 40. Effect of contractors entering into a general medical services contract

   7. 41. Persons not able to enter into a default contract

   8. 42. Claims under the Statement of Fees and Allowances

7. PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 43. Modification of section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note