Article 74 InterpretationI1

In this Part –

• “the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland)1996^f1;

• “amendments” in respect of any regulation or regulations in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations means amendments made to that regulation by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “appropriate Board” has the same meaning as in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations;

• “contracting Board” means a Board that has entered into a default contract or a general medical services contract (as the case may be) with –

  1. (a)

     a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,

  2. (b)

     a partnership, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a partner,

  3. (c)

     a limited company, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company;

• “doctor” has the same meaning as in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations;

• “relevant contractor” means a party to a general medical services contract or default contract with a contracting Board, where that contractor is –

  1. (a)

     a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,

  2. (b)

     a partnership, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership,

  3. (c)

     a limited company, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company; and

• “relevant date” means 1st April 2004.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to –