# The General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004, Article 76: Interpretation


(1) In this Part–
“appropriate Health Board” has the same meaning as in the Service Committees Regulations;
“contracting Health Board” means a Health Board that has entered into a default contract or a general medical services contract (as the case may be) with–
(a) a doctor who is the subject of the allegation;
(b) a partnership, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a partner;
(c) a limited company, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is the legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company;
“doctor” has the same meaning as in the Service Committees Regulations;
“Performers List Health Board” means a Health Board in whose primary medical services performers list the doctor’s name appears on 1st April 2004 pursuant to article 86;
“relevant contractor” means a party to a general medical services contract or default contract with a contracting Health Board, where that contractor is–
(a) a doctor who is the subject of the allegation;
(b) a partnership, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership;
(c) a limited company, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is the legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company; and
“relevant date” means 1st April 2004.
“the Service Committees Regulations” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992;
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to–
(a) a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in the Service Committees Regulations; and
(b) a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to the Service Committees Regulations bearing that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/163/article/76 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-and-section-17c-agreements-transitional-and-other-ancillary-provisions-scotland-order-2004/article-76
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