The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

Transitional arrangements in relation to telephone services and general medical services contracts

14.—(1) Where—

(a) pursuant to paragraph 104 of Schedule 6 to the GMS Contracts Regulations, a general medical services contract has been varied to include a term which gives effect to paragraph 1A of Schedule 6 to the GMS Contracts Regulations (as inserted by regulation 4(2) of these Regulations); and

(b) as a result of that variation, a contractor is, by virtue of a contract or other arrangement for the provision of telephone services which it entered into before the date on which that variation took effect, in breach of its general medical services contract,

no action shall be taken against the contractor by the Primary Care Trust in respect of that breach, provided that it complies with the conditions specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the contractor—

(a) provides, within the time specified in the request, such details of the contract or other arrangement for telephone services as the Primary Care Trust may request; and

(b) varies or terminates that contract or other arrangement when required to do so by the Primary Care Trust in accordance with directions from the Secretary of State under section 17 of the Act.