Article 54 Carry-over of disputes between default and general medical services contracts
Where—
on or before the date on which a default contract ceases to have effect, a default contractor has referred a dispute arising out of or in connection with the default contract, other than one to which article 88 applies, to be determined in accordance with the NHS dispute resolution procedure; and
on the date on which the default contract ceases to have effect, that dispute has not been determined or withdrawn,
the adjudicator shall, in determining the dispute, consider the relevance of his determination to the general medical services contract which took effect immediately after the default contract ceased to have effect and, if he considers that his determination is relevant to that general medical services contract, he shall determine the dispute as if it were a dispute referred to him by the general medical services contractor under the NHS dispute resolution procedure contained in the general medical services contract.
In this article, “adjudicator” means the Secretary of State or a person or persons appointed by the Secretary of State under section 4(5) of the 1990 Act or paragraph 101(5) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations.