{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-66",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/156",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/66",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of approval of out of hours arrangements under general medical services contracts and default contracts",
  "text": "(1) Where –\n(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\n(b) on or before 31st March 2004, a Board had notified a medical practitioner of its withdrawal of approval of that arrangement under paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations but that withdrawal had not yet taken effect,\nparagraphs (2) to (4) shall apply.\n(2) In a case where, on 31st March 2004 –\n(a) the time for appealing under paragraph 21(6) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations had expired without any appeal being made; or\n(b) an appeal had been made under that paragraph but had been determined or withdrawn before the end of the period of two months beginning with and including the date on which the notice of withdrawal was sent by the Board under paragraph 21(4) of that Schedule,\nthe withdrawal shall take effect as a withdrawal of approval 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contract) on the date on which it would have taken effect had paragraph 21(7) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations not been revoked.\n(3) In a case where the time for appealing under paragraph 21(6) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations had not expired on or before 31st March 2004, the notice of determination of withdrawal shall be deemed to be a notice of determination of withdrawal of approval on notice 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 modifications that –\n(i) the 30 days referred to in the term of the general medical services contract giving effect to paragraph 4(8) (or in the equivalent term of the default contract) shall be treated as beginning with the day on which the Board sent the notice under paragraph 21, and\n(ii) the date referred to in the term of the general medical services contract giving effect to paragraph 4(9)(a) (or in the equivalent term of the default contract) shall be treated as being the date on which the Board sent the notice under paragraph 21.\n(4) In a case where, on 31st March 2004, an appeal had already been made under paragraph 21(6) of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations but not yet been determined or withdrawn, the appeal shall continue to be dealt with as if paragraphs 20 and 21 of that Schedule had not been revoked and, if the appeal is dismissed, the withdrawal of approval shall take effect as a withdrawal of approval 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) on the date on which the general medical services contractor or the default contractor received notice of the dismissal of the appeal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 66 in operation at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:58:10.315254+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}