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Article 64 Review of approval of out of hours arrangements under general medical services and default contractsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where –

(a)

an approval of an out of hours arrangement granted under paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations is to be treated, pursuant to Article 62, as an approval granted under the term of a general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations (or under the equivalent term of a default contract); and

(b)

on or before 31st March 2004, the Board had commenced a review of its approval of that arrangement under paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations but had not yet made its determination,

that review shall continue as if it were a review under the term of the general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations (or under the equivalent term of the default contract), subject to the modification that the 30 days referred to in the term giving effect to paragraph 4(2) of that Schedule (or in the equivalent term of the default contract) shall be treated as beginning with and including the day on which the Board sent its notice under paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

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Art. 64 in operation at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)