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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-and-specialist-medical-practice-education-training-and-qualifications-transitional-provisions-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2361",
  "legislation_title": "The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Transitional Provisions Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-and-specialist-medical-practice-education-training-and-qualifications-transitional-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this Order makes transitional provision in respect of the time in which the Board has to make a decision where a person has applied to the Board under article 11(3) of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”): article 11(3) concerns determinations of the Board as to whether a person’s training, qualifications and experience are equivalent to a Certificate of Completion of Training in general practice. This transitional provision is necessary because aspects of the 2003 Order concerning the General Practitioner Register are not due to be brought into force until 1st April 2006, and therefore article 16 (which is the provision in the 2003 Order itself that makes provision as to time limits for decisions), in its application to general practitioners, will not be brought into force until that date.\nArticle 3 of this Order makes transitional provision in relation to the General Practitioner Register to be maintained by the General Medical Council under article 10 of the 2003 Order. It permits the General Medical Council to utilise information obtained from primary care organisations in determining whether a general practitioner is eligible for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register where the general practitioner was already working as a general practitioner in the National Health Service prior to 1st April 2006 but only if the General Medical Council has taken steps to verify with each general practitioner that the information it has obtained from the primary care organisation is accurate and the general practitioner does not object. It also requires primary care organisations to supply information requested by the General Medical Council unless they have good reason for not doing so.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2361/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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