Article 41 Application and interpretation of this PartI1

This Part applies where a person who holds a default contract with a Board enters into a general medical services contract with that Board which takes effect immediately after his default contract ceases to have effect.

In a case to which this Part applies, the general medical services contract shall, unless it is entered into with a person to whom the particular Article does not apply, include, or be deemed to include, terms which have the effect specified in Articles 42 to 52.

In this Part –

• “default contractor” means a person who holds a default contract with a Board and who has entered into a general medical services contract with that Board which takes effect immediately after the default contract ceases to have effect;

• “general medical services contractor” means the person who holds the general medical services contract entered into by the default contractor.