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4.—(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) omit the definitions of—
(a)“the Directive”, and
(b)“visiting patient”.
(3) In regulation 15 (essential services)—
(a)in paragraph (3) for “registered patients, temporary residents and visiting patients”, substitute “registered patients and temporary residents”;
(b)in paragraph (5) for “registered patients, temporary residents and visiting patients”, substitute “registered patients and temporary patients”.
(4) In Schedule 4 (fees and charges), in paragraph 1 omit sub-paragraphs (l) and (m).
(5) In Schedule 5 (other contractual terms)—
(a)in paragraph 3 (attendance outside practice premises), in sub-paragraph (4) omit “or a visiting patient”;
(b)omit paragraph 15A (application to the contractor for regulation 15(3) and (5) services);
(c)omit paragraph 32A (assignment of a person to a contractor for regulation 15(3) and (5) services);
(d)omit paragraph 40(4);
(e)omit paragraphs 41(2)(e) and 41(4)(i);
(f)in paragraph 78, omit sub-paragraph (2).
S.R. 2004 No. 140 as amended by S.R. 2013 No. 301
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