4.—(1) The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003(1) shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
(2) In article 10 (the General Practitioner Register)—
(a)in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (c), substitute—
“(c)in Northern Ireland, be included in a primary medical services performers list.”;
(b)omit paragraphs (6) and (7).
(3) In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—
(a)in the appropriate alphabetical position insert—
““a primary medical services performers list” means a list of medical practitioners prepared and published pursuant to Article 57G of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;”; and
(b)in the definition of “restricted services principal”(2), for paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)in Northern Ireland, a general practitioner who had, pursuant to the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (before their revocation), undertaken to provide general medical services limited to—
(i)child health surveillance services,
(ii)contraceptive services,
(iii)maternity medical services, or
(iv)minor surgery services,
or to any combination of the above;”.
(4) In Schedule 8 (transitional, transitory and saving provisions), in paragraph 22 (general practitioners permitted to work within the National Health Service during the transitional period)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2), for paragraph (c), substitute—
“(c)in Northern Ireland, inclusion in a primary medical services performers list;”; and
(b)omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).
(5) In Schedule 9 (consequential amendments to primary legislation), omit paragraph 7.
S.I. 2003/1250, as amended by S.I. 2004/865 and 2261 and S.R. 2004/156.
As inserted by S.I. 2004/865, Schedule 1, paragraph 37(5)(b).