Textual Amendments
31B.—(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a qualifying person is required to be treated as a previous patient of a contractor if—
(a)where sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 31A applies to P, P was removed from the contractor’s, or a predecessor contractor’s, list of patients under paragraph 28(1)(a) or (d) following the posting mentioned paragraph 31A(2) or a previous overseas posting;
(b)where sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 31A applies to P, R (within the meaning of that sub-paragraph) was removed from the contractor’s, or a predecessor contractor’s, list of patients under paragraph 28(1)(a) or (d) following the posting mentioned paragraph 31A(2)or a previous overseas posting;
(c)where sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 31A applies to P, C (within the meaning of that sub-paragraph) was removed from the contractor’s, or a predecessor contractor’s, list of patients under paragraph 28(1)(a) or (d) following the posting mentioned in paragraph 31A(4) or a previous overseas posting;
(d)where sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 31A applies to P, P was removed from the contractor’s, or a predecessor contractor’s, list of patients under paragraph 28(1)(a) or (d) following P accompanying M (within the meaning of paragraph 31A(5)) on the posting mentioned paragraph 31A(5) or on a previous overseas posting.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a contractor (“A”) is a predecessor contractor in relation to another contractor (“B”) if B assumes any of the obligations of A to provide services which were originally provided by A under A’s contract.]