# The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004, Article 27: Patients not seen within three years


The term of a general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations (or the equivalent term of a default contract) shall be read as if the reference to a consultation or clinic provided by the general medical services contractor (or the default contractor) included a reference to a consultation or clinic provided by–
(a) the relevant medical practitioner in relation to whom it is a succeeding contractor; or
(b) in the case of a general medical services contract which takes effect immediately after a default contract between the same parties ceases to have effect, the contractor who held that default contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-27
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