The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2004 U.K.

12.—(1) The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2004 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “General Practitioner Register”;

(b) in the definition of “CCT” for “article 8 of the 2003 Order” substitute “ section 34L(1) of the Medical Act 1983 ”;

(c) for the definitions of “general medical practitioner” and “GP Registrar” substitute—

““general medical practitioner” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council;”;

““GP Registrar” means a medical practitioner who is being trained in general practice by a general medical practitioner who is approved under section 34I of the Medical Act 1983 for the purpose of providing training under that section, whether as part of training leading to the award of a CCT or otherwise;”.

(3) In paragraph 52(2)(e)(ii) of Schedule 6 (qualifications of performers), for “the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board” substitute “ the General Medical Council ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/478, art. 2(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I.2004/478 (W.48). The relevant amending instruments are S.I.2006/358 (W.46) and 2008/1425 (W.147).