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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/865",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the 1997 Act” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997;\n“contractor” means—\n(a) where a Primary Care Trust is not providing services under a transitional agreement, a person, other than the Primary Care Trust, who is a party to a transitional agreement, or\n(b) where a Primary Care Trust is providing services under a transitional agreement, that Primary Care Trust;\n“the Implementation Directions” means the Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities Implementation of Pilot Schemes (Personal Medical Services) Directions 2003 dated 10th November 2003;\n“the NHS dispute resolution procedure” means the procedure for resolution of disputes specified in paragraphs 95 and 96 of Schedule 5 to the Personal Medical Services Agreements Regulations;\n“personal medical services” means medical services of a kind that could have been provided by a general medical practitioner in accordance with arrangements made under Part 2 of the 1977 Act prior to 1st April 2004;\n“pilot scheme agreement” means an agreement which constitutes or agreements which together constitute a pilot scheme under Part 1 of the 1997 Act under which personal medical services are provided;\n“relevant body” means—\n(a) where a contractor is a party to a transitional agreement with a Primary Care Trust, that Primary Care Trust, and\n(b) where a contractor is a party to a transitional agreement with a Strategic Health Authority, that Strategic Health Authority;\n“Services List Regulations” mean the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Services List) and the (General Medical Services Supplementary List) and (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "These directions are available on the Department of Health’s website at www.dh.gov.uk or a copy can be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, P.O. Box 777, London SE1 6XH."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2644."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:28:55.868400+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}