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Article 11 Acceptance of temporary residents

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(1)

This article applies where—

(a)

on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had accepted a person as a temporary resident under paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulationsf1; and

(b)

on 31st March 2004, his responsibility for that patient had not yet been terminated under paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Schedulef2 or the period for which the person was accepted as a temporary resident had not yet come to an end.

(2)

In a case to which this article applies, the person shall, on 1st April 2004, be treated as if he had been accepted as a temporary resident by the succeeding contractor under—

(a)

the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations, subject to the modification that reference to a period of three months in that term shall be read as a reference to a period of three months starting with the date on which the person was accepted as a temporary resident by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; or

(b)

the equivalent term of its default contract subject to a modification to the same effect.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Paragraph 7 was amended by S.I. 1998/682.

f2

Paragraph 9 was amended by S.I. 1994/633, 1998/682 and 2002/2469; paragraph 10 was amended by S.I. 2002/2469.