Article 91 Transitory modification of Article 21 of the 1991 OrderI1

the reference in sub-paragraph (3)(a) to a contract under Article 57 of the Order included a reference to a default contract entered into pursuant to Article 5 of the 2004 Order; and

after sub-paragraph (3), there were inserted –

“(3A)

Where, in the same financial year, the members of a practice enter into –

(a)

a contract pursuant to Article 5 of the Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004; and

(b)

a contract with the same Board under Article 57 of the Order which takes effect immediately after the contract referred to in paragraph (a) ceases to have effect,

that practice will, for that financial year, count as a single practice for the purposes of this Article.”.