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The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004

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1.—(1) The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976(1) shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (rules), for paragraph 3 substitute—

3  Where the claimant—

(a)is on the list of a person providing primary medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and is being attended by a doctor performing such services; or

(b)is on the list of a doctor, or list held jointly by two or more doctors performing personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme under the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 and is being attended by such a doctor,

the doctor’s statement shall be on the form provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose and shall be signed by the attending doctor..

(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 2, (form of certificate) for “Health Authority or Primary Care Trust in whose medical list you are included” substitute “Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board in whose medical performers list you are included (or, in Scotland, by the Health Board in whose primary medical performers list you are included)”.

(1)

S.I. 1976/615; relevant amendments are S.I. 1991/2284, 2001/2931 and 2002/2469.

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