PART 4 CONTRACT TERMS

Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of contractual arrangements made under Article 15

22.  For as long as contractual arrangements made under Article 15 exist –

(a) paragraph 65(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations (sub-contracting of out of hours services) shall be read as if, after paragraph (b), there were inserted –

“(bb) a person who is a party to contractual arrangements made under Article 15 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004;”;

(b) Schedule 6 to those Regulations (out of hours services) shall be read as if –

(i) in paragraph 1(5), after “contract” there were included “, or who is a party to contractual arrangements made under Article 15 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004,”, and

(ii) in paragraph 5(1)(a), after “contract” (or, if Article 21(b)(ii) applies, after “default contract”) there were included “or to be a party to contractual arrangements made under Article 15 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004,”.