# The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004, Article 78: Suspension of approvals and of out of hours arrangements under general medical services contracts, default contracts and personal medical services agreements


(1) Where an approval which falls within article 76 or 77 relates to an accredited service provider whose approval has been suspended under regulation 9 of the Out of Hours Regulations, that approval, and any out of hours arrangement made pursuant to that approval, shall be treated, from 1st April 2004, as being suspended under—
(a) the terms of the relevant general medical services contract which give effect to paragraphs 5 and 7 of Schedule 7 to the 2004 Regulations (or the equivalent term of the default contract); or
(b) the terms of the relevant agreement which give effect to paragraphs 4 and 6(1) of Schedule 6 to Personal Medical Services Agreements Regulations or the equivalent terms deemed to be included in the relevant transitional agreement under article 60(7).
(2) Where, on 31st March 2004, an arrangement made by a Primary Care Trust with an accredited service provider under regulation 3(1) of the PMS Out of Hours Regulations is suspended following suspension of the approval of the accredited service provider under regulation 9 of the Out of Hours Regulations, that arrangement shall be treated, from 1st April 2004, as being suspended under—
(a) the term of the Primary Care Trust’s agreement which gives effect to paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 6 to the Personal Medical Services Agreements Regulations; or
(b) the equivalent term deemed to be included in its transitional agreement pursuant to article 60(7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-78
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