15.—(1) This regulation applies, where in relation to a general medical services contract entered into before 1st May 2005, the only person who counted as a general medical practitioner for the purposes of regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the GMS Contract Regulations falls within regulation 4(4) of those Regulations as inserted by regulation 3 of these Regulations.
(2) A Board shall not terminate a general medical services contract under paragraph 103 of Schedule 5 to the GMS Contracts Regulations on the grounds that the person referred to in paragraph (1) no longer falls within the definition of general medical practitioner for the purposes of regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the GMS Contracts Regulations as amended by these Regulations.