Article 15 Appointments system
Where, on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had notified a Primary Care Trust under paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations—
(a)
that he intended to operate an appointments system; or
(b)
of any proposal to discontinue such a system,
that notice shall be regarded as a notice given by the succeeding contractor to the Primary Care Trust for the purposes of the term of the general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 82(c) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations or the equivalent term of the default contract.