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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-62",
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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/62",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "In this Part–\n“out of hours arrangement” means–\n(a) in relation to the period before 1st April 2004, an arrangement under paragraph 17A(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations; or\n(b) in relation to the period from 1st April 2004, means an arrangement under the term of a general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations (or the equivalent term of a default contract);\n“out of hours services” means services required to be provided in all or part of the out of hours period which–\n(a) would be essential services if provided in core hours; or\n(b) are included–\n(i) in a default contract as additional services funded under article 36(2) of the Transitional Order; or\n(ii) in a general medical services contract as additional services funded under the global sum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 17A of Schedule 1 was added by S.I. 1996/842 and amended by S.I. 1998/660, S.I. 2002/3135"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/62",
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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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