The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Services List) and the (General Medical Services Supplementary List) and (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 2

23.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Supplementary List Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) For the definitions of “equivalent body”, “licensing or regulatory body”, “professional registration number” and “services list” there shall be substituted respectively the following—

““equivalent body” means a Local Health Board in Wales, a Health Board or an NHS trust in Scotland, a Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland, in relation to any time prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority in England or, in relation to any time prior to 1st April 2003, a Health Authority in Wales;”;

““licensing or regulatory body” means a body that licenses or regulates any profession of which the doctor is, or has been a member, including a body regulating or licensing the education, training or qualifications of that profession, and includes any body which licences or regulates any such profession, its education, training or qualifications, outside the United Kingdom;”;

““professional registration number” means the number against the doctor’s name in the register of medical practitioners;”; and

““services list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Services List Regulations;”.

(3) The following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate alphabetical place—

““General Practice Registrar” means—

(a)

a doctor, or

(b)

a medical practitioner whose name appears in the register of medical practitioners with limited registration,

who is being trained in general practice by a GP trainer,”;

““GP trainer” means a doctor who falls within regulation 7(1) of the Vocational Training Regulations;”;

““list” means a list referred to in section 49N(1)(a) to (c)(1);”;

““medical list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 4 of the Medical Regulations(2);”;

““Medical Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992(3);”;

““the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service” means the service with responsibility for policy and operational matters relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud or corruption and the management of security in the National Health Service, established by the Counter Fraud Management Service Establishment and Constitution Order 2002(4);”;

““Services List Regulations” means the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Services List) and the (General Medical Services) and (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Amendment Regulations 2003(5);”;

““the Vocational Training Regulations” means the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations 1997(6);”; and

““vocational training scheme” means a pre-arranged programme of training which is designed for the purpose of enabling a doctor to gain the medical experience prescribed by regulation 6(1) of the Vocational Training Regulations.”.

(4) The definitions of “General Practice (GP) Registrar” and “National Health Service Counter Fraud Service” shall be omitted.

(1)

Section 49N was inserted by section 25 of the 2001 Act.

(2)

Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1996/702, 1998/682, 2838, 2001/3742, 2002/554 and 2469.

(3)

S.I. 1992/ 635.

(4)

S.I. 2002/3039. The NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service replaces the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service.

(5)

S.I. 2003/2644.

(6)

S.I. 1997/2817, as amended by S.I. 1998/669.