SCHEDULE 3Amendment of disqualification provision made under an Act of Parliament

National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004I131

1

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 200497 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 5(2)(i)(general condition relating to all contracts)—

a

in paragraph (i)—

i

after “awarded” insert “or a moratorium period under a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) applies in relation to him”;

ii

omit “(in either case)”; and

iii

after “discharged” insert “from the bankruptcy or the sequestration”; and

b

at the end of paragraph (ii) omit “or”; and

c

after paragraph (ii) insert—

iia

been made the subject of a debt relief restrictions order or interim debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB to the Insolvency Act 1986 unless that order has ceased to have effect or has been annulled, or

3

In paragraph 113(2)(j) of Schedule 6 (Part 8 – other grounds for termination by the Primary Care Trust)—

a

in paragraph (i)—

i

after “awarded” insert “or a moratorium period under a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) applies in relation to him”;

ii

omit “(in either case)”; and

iii

after “discharged” insert “from the bankruptcy or sequestration”; and

b

at the end of paragraph (ii) omit “or”; and

c

after paragraph (ii) insert—

iia

been made the subject of a debt relief restrictions order or interim debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB to the Insolvency Act 1986 unless that order has ceased to have effect or has been annulled, or