# The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004, Article 22: Complaints relating to general medical services made after 31st March 2004


The complaints procedure established and operated by a succeeding contractor under–
(a) the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 82 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations; or
(b) the equivalent term of the default contract,
shall apply to any complaint which a patient or former patient of the relevant medical practitioner to whom it is a succeeding contractor could have made (but did not make) on or before 31st March 2004 under paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations as it applies to complaints made by a patient or former patient of the succeeding contractor in relation to any matter reasonably connected with the provision of services under the contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-22
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