The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Effect of approval of an arrangement with a transferee out of hours service provider

3.  Where the Health Board has approved an out of hours arrangement with a transferee out of hours service provider, the Health Board and the transferee out of hours service provider shall be deemed to have agreed a variation of their contract which has the effect of including in it, from the date on which the out of hours arrangement commences, and for so long as that arrangement continues, the services covered by that arrangement and paragraph 94(1) of Schedule 5 shall not apply.