Article 59 Interpretation of this PartI1

In this Part –

• “out of hours arrangement” means –

  1. (a)

     in relation to the period before 1st April 2004, an arrangement under paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations^f1, or

  2. (b)

     in relation to the period from 1st April 2004, means an arrangement under the terms of a general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations (or the equivalent term of a default contract);

• “out of hours services” means services required to be provided in all or part of the out of hours period which –

  1. (a)

     would be essential services if provided in core hours, or

  2. (b)

     are included –

     1. (i)

        in a default contract as additional services funded under Article 35(2) of the No. 1 Order, or

     2. (ii)

        in a general medical services contract as additional services funded under the global sum.