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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-87",
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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/87",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Transitory interpretation of references to general medical services contracts",
  "text": "(1) For as long as default contracts entered into pursuant to Article 5(3) of the 2004 Order (general medical services: transitional) exist, any reference to a general medical services contract or to a contract under Article 57 of the 1972 Order in the statutory provisions listed in paragraph (2) shall be deemed to include a reference to a default contract.\n(2) The statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are –\n(a) the 1972 Order, Articles 2(2), 5(3)(aa) and 6(2);\n(b) the Access to Health Records (Northern Ireland) Order 1993, Article 3(2)(a);\n(c) the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 144(2);\n(d) the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 67K(1)(ba);\n(e) the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Article 21(3)(a) and (b).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 87 in operation at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 2(2) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 5(3)(aa) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 6(2) was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1250 (N.I. 4). Article 3(2)(a) was substituted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1980 (N.I. 12). Article 144(2) was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16). Article 67K(1)(ba) was inserted by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1). Article 21(3)(a) and (b) were substituted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/87",
    "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."
}