{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Removals from the list of patients who are violent",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where, on or before 31st March 2004, a person had been removed from a relevant medical practitioner’s list of patients with immediate effect pursuant to paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations but–\n(a) confirmation in writing had not yet been given to the Health Board under paragraph 9(3);\n(b) reasonable steps had not yet been taken by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 9(5) to inform the person whose name had been removed; or\n(c) written notice of the removal had not yet been given to the person by the Health Board under regulation 27(6) of the 1995 Regulations.\n(2) In a case to which paragraph (1)(a) applies written confirmation of the request for removal shall be given to the Health Board by the succeeding contractor within 7 days from the date on which notification was given under paragraph 9(2).\n(3) In a case to which paragraph (1)(b) applies, reasonable steps shall be taken by the succeeding contractor to inform the patient of the request for removal.\n(4) In a case to which paragraph (1)(c) applies, the Health Board shall send written notice of the removal to the patient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 27 was amended by S.I. 1998/660, S.S.I. 1999/54 and S.S.I. 2003/443."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/7",
    "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."
}