Article 11 Acceptance of temporary residentsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

This Article applies where –

(a)

on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had accepted a person as a temporary resident under paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations^f1; and

(b)

on 31st March 2004, his responsibility for that patient had not yet been terminated under paragraphs 9 and 11 of that Schedule^f2 or the period for which the person was accepted as a temporary resident had not yet come to an end.

(2)

In a case to which this Article applies, the person shall, on 1st April 2004, be treated as if he had been accepted as a temporary resident by the succeeding contractor under –

(a)

the term of his general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations, subject to the modification that reference to a period of three months in that term shall be read as a reference to a period of three months starting with and including the date on which the person was accepted as a temporary resident by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations; or

(b)

the equivalent term of his default contract subject to a modification to the same effect.

Article 11 Acceptance of temporary residentsI1

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