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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-60",
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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/60",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Assignment of patients",
  "text": "Where, on 31st March 2004, a person had applied to a Health Board for assignment to a medical practitioner under regulation 4 of the Choice Regulations but that application had not yet been determined, the Health Board shall–\n(a) require a provider to assign the person to a medical practitioner who performs personal medical services under a transitional agreement in accordance with article 55(1) or a person who is a party to a section 17C agreement;\n(b) assign the patient in accordance with the terms of the contract, to–\n(i) a default contractor; or\n(ii) a general medical services contractor;\n(c) otherwise make arrangements for the applicant to be provided with essential services (or their equivalent) in the area of the Health Board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 4 was amended by S.S.I. 2000/191 and S.S.I. 2001/85."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:52.079575+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}