The Health and Social Care (Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 N.I.

10.—(1) Schedule 5 (Other contractual terms) is amended as follows.

(2) Paragraph 36 (Assignments to closed lists: dispute resolution procedure relating to determinations of the assessment panel) is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) for “Board” substitute “Department”;

(ii) for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (11), for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (12), for “Department” (in both places) substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (13)—

(i) for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(ii) for “Board” (in both places) substitute “Department”;

(e) in sub-paragraphs (14) and (15), for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(f) in sub-paragraph (16)—

(i) for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(ii) for “Board” substitute “Department”;

(g) in sub-paragraph (17), for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”.

(3) Paragraph 91 (Local resolution of contract disputes) is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Board” substitute “Department”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) for “Board” (in the first place) substitute “Department”;

(ii) after “invite the”, insert “relevant”;

(iii) omit “for the area of the Board”.

(4) Paragraph 92 (Dispute resolution: non-HSS contracts) is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(ii) for “Board” (in both places) substitute “Department”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”.

(5) Paragraph 93 (Dispute resolution procedure) is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (1), (3) and (5) to (9), for “Department” substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (13), for “Department” (in both places) substitute “Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel”.

(6) Paragraph 111 (Termination and the dispute resolution procedure) is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Board” (in each place) substitute “Department”;

(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), for “Board” substitute “Department”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (5), for “Board” (in both places) substitute “Department”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 10 in operation at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1