Article 27 Notification of sub-contracts under general medical services contractsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where –

(a)

on 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had in place –

(i)

arrangements for the engagement of a deputy of which he had informed the Board under paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations, or

(ii)

arrangements he had made with an organisation providing deputy doctors of which he had notified the Board under paragraph 26(3) of that Schedule and in relation to which the Board had not served a notice under paragraph 26(10) of that Schedule; and

(b)

the succeeding general medical services contractor wishes to continue those arrangements after 31st March 2004 in the form of a sub-contract to which paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations applies,

any requirement for the succeeding contractor to notify the Board of his intention to enter into that sub-contract contained in the term of his general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 64(1)(b) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations shall not apply, unless the date of termination of the arrangements is extended beyond the date which applied to them on 31st March 2004 or there is a material variation in the nature of those arrangements.

(2)

In this Article –

“deputy” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations; and
“organisation providing deputy doctors” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(1) of that Schedule.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 27 in operation at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)