The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

46.—(1) The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004(1) shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2) In article 1 (citation, commencement, application and interpretation), in paragraph (3), in the definition of “FHSAA”, after “section 49S of the”, insert “1977”.

(3) In article 3 (entitlement to a general medical services contract as an individual medical practitioner), in paragraph (8), for “is refusing”, substitute “refuses”.

(4) In article 4 (appeal against refusal of a contract under article 3), in paragraph (4), after “the matter” insert “under dispute”.

(5) In article 12 (effect of events taking place after 31st March 2004 on entitlement to enter into a general medical services contract), in paragraph (b), for “Schedule”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “paragraph”.

(6) In article 13 (entitlement to a contract under section 176(3) of the Act), in paragraph (8), for “is refusing”, substitute “refuses”.

(7) In article 22 (modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of contractual arrangements made under article 15), in paragraph (b)(ii), for “article 20(b)(ii)” substitute “article 21(b)(ii)”.

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S.I. 2004/433.