SCHEDULE 12

PART 5 Transitional provisions relating to the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Procedure) Rules 2001

General matters relating to cases under Part IV of the 2001 Rules

72.  Where this paragraph applies, a relevant Primary Care Trust or Trusts, determined in accordance with paragraph 73, shall, from the relevant date—

(a) be deemed to—

(i) have made the application for a review of a panel’s decision,

(ii) where the application for a review was made by a practitioner, be the other party to the application; or

(iii) where the decision to review is of the panel’s own motion, be a party, together with the practitioner who the decision to be reviewed concerned,

as the case may be; and

(b) be deemed to have done any acts of the Health Authority before the relevant date, in relation to the proceedings that resulted in the panel’s decision.