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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-52",
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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",
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  "path": "article/52",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Modification of the Implementation Directions for the purposes of transitional agreements",
  "text": "For the purposes of transitional agreements the Implementation Directions shall be read as if–\n(a) any reference to–\n(i) the 1995 Regulations were a reference to those regulations as they had effect on 31st March 2004 as modified by article 53; and\n(ii) the Choice Regulations were a reference to those Regulations as they had effect on 31st March 2004 as modified by article 54;\n(b) any reference to personal medical services were a reference to medical services of a kind that could have been provided by a general medical practitioner in accordance with arrangements made under Part 2 of the 1978 Act prior to 1st April 2004;\n(c) any reference to pilot schemes or pilot scheme agreements were a reference to transitional agreements;\n(d) any reference to a medical list or supplementary list were to a primary medical services performers list;\n(e) in direction 9 the words “under regulation 4(2)(b) of those Regulations” were omitted; and\n(f) any reference to out of hours arrangements were to out of hours arrangements within the meaning given to that expression by article 65.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/52",
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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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