# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 59: Interpretation of this Part

Extent: N.I.

In this Part –
“out of hours arrangement” means –
(a) in relation to the period before 1st April 2004, an arrangement under paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations, or
(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 –
(a) would be essential services if provided in core hours, or
(b) are included –
(i) in a default contract as additional services funded under Article 35(2) of the No. 1 Order, or
(ii) in a general medical services contract as additional services funded under the global sum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-59
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