75.—(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “childhood vaccinations and immunisations” insert—
““clinical commissioning group” means a body established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006;”,
(b)in the definition of “medical card”, for “a Primary Care Trust,” substitute “ the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a ”.
(c)omit the definition of “Primary Care Trust”, and
(d)omit the definition of “Strategic Health Authority”.
(3) In regulation 4 (conditions relating solely to medical practitioners)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(b)(ii), omit “a Primary Care Trust,”, and
(b)in paragraph (3)(b)(ii), omit “a Primary Care Trust,”.
(4) In Schedule 5 (other contractual terms)—
(a)in paragraph 22(1)(b) (removals from the list of patients registered elsewhere), for “a Primary Care Trust,” substitute “ the National Health Service Commissioning Board, ”, and
(b)in paragraph 89(2) (co-operation with investigations), in the definition of “NHS body”—
(i)for “a Primary Care Trust,” substitute “ a clinical commissioning group, ”, and
(ii)for “a Strategic Health Authority,” substitute “ the National Health Service Commissioning Board, ”.
Marginal Citations
M1S.R. 2004/140, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.