The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1994

Insertion of regulation 12A into the principal Regulations

4.  After regulation 12A of the principal Regulations (advertisement of vacancies) there is inserted the following regulation—

“Re-advertisement of vacancies

12A.— (1) Where in response to a notice of a vacancy the FHSA receives fewer than 20 applications in respect of the vacancy it may give further notice of the vacancy in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) Paragraph (1) shall also apply in relation to the combined response to the first notice and to one or more further notices as it applies in relation to the response to the first notice, but no more than 3 further notices may be given in respect of any vacancy.

(3) A further notice of a vacancy shall—

(a) be in the same terms as the notice given under regulation 12 in respect of the vacancy, except for the closing date and the inclusion in the further notice of a statement that all applications received in response to the first notice and any previous further notice in respect of the vacancy will automatically be considered for the vacancy;

(b) be published in the manner mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) of regulation 12; and

(c) be given within the period of 28 days beginning with the date following the closing date included in the immediately preceding notice or further notice in respect of the vacancy.

(4) In this regulation and in paragraph (2A) of regulation 13, “closing date” means the date included in a notice (or a further notice) by which any application to fill the vacancy must be sent or delivered to the FHSA.”.