Acceptance of temporary residents
11.—(1) This article applies where—
(a)on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had accepted a person as a temporary resident under paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations(1); and
(b)on 31st March 2004, his responsibility for that patient had not yet been terminated under paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Schedule(2) or the period for which the person was accepted as a temporary resident had not yet come to an end.
(2) In a case to which this article applies, the person shall, on 1st April 2004, be treated as if he had been accepted as a temporary resident by the succeeding contractor under—
(a)the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations, subject to the modification that reference to a period of three months in that term shall be read as a reference to a period of three months starting with the date on which the person was accepted as a temporary resident by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; or
(b)the equivalent term of its default contract subject to a modification to the same effect.