# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 7: Removals from the list of patients who are violent

Extent: N.I.

(1) This Article applies where, on or before 31st March 2004, a person had been removed from a relevant medical practitioner’s list of patients with immediate effect pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations but –
(a) confirmation in writing had not yet been given to the Agency under paragraph 10(2);
(b) reasonable steps had not yet been taken by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 10(4) to inform the person whose name had been removed; or
(c) written notice of the removal had not yet been given to the person by the Agency under regulation 18(8)(b) of the 1997 Regulations.
(2) In a case to which paragraph (1)(a) applies written confirmation of the request for removal shall be given to the Board by the succeeding contractor within 7 days from the date on which notification was given under paragraph 10.
(3) In a case to which paragraph (1)(b) applies, reasonable steps shall be taken by the succeeding contractor to inform the patient of the request for removal.
(4) In a case to which paragraph (1)(c) applies, the Board shall send written notice of the removal to the patient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-7
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