Transitional provision relating to regulation 4 of the GMS Contracts Regulations
19.—(1) This regulation applies where, in relation to a general medical services contract entered into before 15th November 2004, the only person who counted as the general medical practitioner for the purposes of regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the GMS Contracts Regulations falls within regulation 4(4) of those Regulations as inserted by regulation 3 of these Regulations.
(2) A Primary Care Trust shall not terminate a general medical services contract under paragraph 111 of Schedule 6 to the GMS Contracts Regulations on the grounds that the person referred to in paragraph (1) no longer falls within the definition of general medical practitioner for the purposes of regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the GMS Contracts Regulations as amended by these Regulations.