2.—(1) In the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) Regulations 2013(1), for regulation 24(1) (medical performers list) substitute—
“(1) Subject to paragraphs (1A) to (3), a medical practitioner may not perform any primary medical services unless the medical practitioner is a general medical practitioner included in the medical performers list.
(1A) A medical practitioner may perform primary medical services when the medical practitioner is not included in the medical performers list if they have a prescribed connection under regulation 10 of the Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010(2) (connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners) with a designated body referred to in Part 1 of the Schedule to those Regulations(3).
(1B) A medical practitioner who is not included in the medical performers list may administer a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or perform any primary medical service ancillary to the administration of such a vaccine.”.
S.I. 2013/335; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2020/411, 2021/30 and 2023/828.
S.I. 2010/2841; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/391, 2019/248, 2021/974, 2023/368 and S.I. 2023/1071.