# The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004, Article 14: Newly registered patients


(1) This article applies where, on 31st March 2004, a patient specified in paragraph (2)–
(a) was entitled to be invited to participate in a consultation under paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations; and
(b) had not been given such an invitation.
(2) The patient referred to in paragraph (1) is a patient–
(a) who, on or before 31st March 2004–
(i) had applied for inclusion in a relevant medical practitioner’s list of patients under regulation 2 or 3 of the Choice Regulations and whose application had been accepted; or
(ii) had been assigned to a relevant medical practitioner’s list under regulation 4 of the Choice Regulations; and
(b) in respect of whom a Health Board had not granted deferment of the obligation to invite him to participate in a consultation under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations.
(3) A patient to whom this article applies shall, on 1st April 2004 be regarded as a patient who falls within–
(a) the term of the succeeding contractor’s general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations; or
(b) the equivalent term of its default contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-14
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