# The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004, Article 109: Transitory interpretation of references to general medical services contracts


(1) For as long as default contracts entered into pursuant to section 176(3) of the 2003 Act (general medical services: transitional) exist, any reference to a general medical services contract or to a contract under section 28Q of the 1977 Act in the enactments listed in paragraph (2) shall be deemed to include a reference to a default contract.
(2) The enactments referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) the 1977 Act, sections 3(4)(b), 26(2)(b) and (4)(aa), 28D(1)(bc)(i), 45A(3), (4) and (11), 54(1)(c), 72(5)(d);
(b) the Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988, section 1(6), in the paragraph 6B inserted into Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972;
(c) the Access to Health Records Act 1990, section 1(2)(a);
(d) the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, section 279(2);
(e) the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993, section 2A(1)(a) and (2)(a);
(f) the Employment Rights Act 1996, section 43K(1)(ba);
(g) the Health and Social Care Act 2001, Schedule 1, paragraph 11(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/109 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-109
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