{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/380",
  "legislation_title": "General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Amendment of local directory",
  "text": "(1) A doctor shall, unless it is impracticable for him to do so, notify the Board within 28 days of any occurrence requiring a change in the information recorded about him in the local directory.\n(2) The Board shall, in the event of a notification pursuant to paragraph (1), make any necessary amendment to the local directory.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in operation at 6.10.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/380",
      "affecting_title": "General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:27:33.456843+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."
}