# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 31: Patients aged 75 years and over

Extent: N.I.

The term of a general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations (or the equivalent term of a default contract) shall be read as if the reference to participating in a consultation under that term included a reference to participating in a consultation under –
(a) paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations; or
(b) in the case of a general medical services contract which takes effect immediately after a default contract between the same parties ceases to have effect, under the term of the default contract which was equivalent to paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-31
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