{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-primary-medical-services-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110491262",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-primary-medical-services-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Access to Health Records (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (NI 4) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (2)—\n(a) at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert—\n““general medical services contract” means a contract under Article 57 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;”, and\n(b) omit the definition of general practitioner.\n(3) In Article 3 (meaning of “health record”, etc.) in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) in the case of a record made by a health professional performing primary medical services under a general medical services contract made with a Health and Social Services Board, the person or body who entered into the contract with the Board (or, in a case where more than one person so entered into the contract, any such person);\n(aa) in the case of a record made by a health professional performing such services in accordance with arrangements under Article 15B of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 with a Health and Social Services Board, the person or body which made the arrangements with the Board (or, in a case where more than one person so made the arrangements, any such person);”.\n(4) In that paragraph, in sub-paragraph (b), after “by a health service body” insert “(and not falling within sub-paragraph (aa))”\n(5) In Article 9 (cases where right of access may be partially excluded)—\n(a) omit paragraph (2); and\n(b) in paragraph (3), omit the words from “(other” to “Article 3(2)(a))”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491262/schedule/1/paragraph/15",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}