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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/163",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part–\n(a) articles 3 to 26 apply to a default contract, or a general medical services contract entered into on 1st April 2004, with–\n(i) an individual medical practitioner who has entered into the general medical services contract pursuant to an entitlement under article 3 of the Transitional Order or the default contract pursuant to article 13 of that Order;\n(ii) a partnership which has entered into the general medical services contract pursuant to an entitlement under article 4 of that Order or the default contract pursuant to an entitlement under article 13 of that Order; or\n(iii) a company in which one or more of the legal and beneficial shareholders is, on 31st March 2004, providing services under section 19 of the 1978 Act;\n(b) articles 27 and 28 apply to the contracts specified in sub-paragraph (a) and to a general medical services contract which takes effect immediately after a default contract with the same parties ceases to have effect; and\n(c) article 29 applies to all general medical services contracts and default contracts entered into before 1st April 2005.\n(2) Unless it is entered into with a person to whom the particular article does not apply, a general medical services contract or a default contract which falls within paragraph (1) shall include, or be deemed to include, terms which have the effect specified in articles 3 to 29.\n(3) In this Part–\n“relevant medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who, on 31st March 2004, is providing services under section 19 of the 1978 Act and–\n(a) as an individual medical practitioner has entered into–\n(i) a default contract; or\n(ii) a general medical services contract under which services are to be provided from 1st April 2004;\n(b) is a partner in a partnership that has entered into–\n(i) a default contract; or\n(ii) a general medical services contract under which services are to be provided from 1st April; or\n(c) is a legal and beneficial shareholder in a company which has entered into a general medical services contract under which services are to be provided from 1st April 2004;\n“succeeding contractor” means the default contractor which is a party to the default contract or the general medical services contractor which is a party to the general medical services contract which–\n(a) a relevant medical practitioner has entered into as an individual medical practitioner;\n(b) has been entered into by a partnership in which the relevant medical practitioner is a partner; or\n(c) has been entered into by a company in which a relevant medical practitioner is a legal and beneficial shareholder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/223",
      "affecting_title": "The General Medical Services and the General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions Orders) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/2",
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  "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."
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