# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 74: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) In this Part –
“the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland)1996;
“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 –
(a) a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,
(b) a partnership, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a partner,
(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 –
(a) a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,
(b) a partnership, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership,
(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.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to –
(a) a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations; and
(b) a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations bearing that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-74
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