Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2021.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(4) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(5) In these Regulations—

“the GMS Contracts Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015(1);

“the PMS Agreements Regulations” means the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015(2).

Amendment of the GMS Contracts Regulations

2.  Schedule 1 contains amendments to the GMS Contracts Regulations.

Amendment of the PMS Agreements Regulations

3.  Schedule 2 contains amendments to the PMS Agreements Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Jo Churchill

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department of Health and Social Care

At 12.30 p.m. on 17th March 2021