# The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004, Article 96: Referrals to investigating discipline committees before the relevant date (regulation 5 of the Service Committees Regulations)


Where a Primary Care Trust (A) has, before the relevant date, referred a matter in respect of a doctor to another Primary Care Trust (B) in accordance with regulation 4(2)(a) or (7) and—
(a) that matter has not been finally determined by the discipline committee of that Primary Care Trust (B) before the relevant date—
(i) the discipline committee of that Primary Care Trust (B) shall investigate the matter and report to the Primary Care Trust (A) as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 and Schedules 2 and 4 had not taken effect, and
(ii) the Primary Care Trust (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Service Committees Regulations as if those amendments had not taken effect, subject to article 98; or
(b) that Primary Care Trust (A) has received the report of the discipline committee of the Primary Care Trust (B) but has not yet determined what (if any) action to take as a result of the report, the Primary Care Trust (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Service Committees Regulations as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 had not taken effect, subject to article 98.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/865/article/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-personal-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/article-96
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