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

30.—(1) The Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001(1) shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), substitute—

“(a) performs primary medical services pursuant to Part I of the NHS Act; or

(b) performs services which correspond to primary medical services provided under Part I of that Act, otherwise than in pursuance of that Act,

except in paragraph 1(c) of Part 2 of Schedule 3 where it means a person who provides the services specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b);”.

(3) In regulation 3 (prescribed techniques or technology and exceptions to the definition of independent hospital), in paragraph (3)(e)—

(a) for the words “the provision of general medical services within the meaning of Part II”, substitute “the performance by a general practitioner of primary medical services under Part I”; and

(b) omit the words “or personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme under the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”.

(4) In regulation 4 (meaning of independent clinic), in paragraph (1)(a), for the words “general medical services” to the end, substitute “primary medical services under Part I of that Act; and”.

(1)

S.I. 2001/3968.