# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Paragraph 8

Extent: N.I.

Subject to Articles 70 to 80, the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows –
(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation) –
(i) in paragraph (1) –
(aa) omit the definitions of “Local Medical Committee”, “medical discipline committee”, “medical list” and “medical officer”;
(bb) in the definition of “deputy”, omit paragraph (a);
(cc) in the definition of “Part V1 service”, omit the words “general medical services”;
(dd) in the definition of “practitioner”, omit the word “doctor,”;
(ee) in the definition of “relevant local representative committee”, omit paragraph (a);
(ff) in the definition of “terms of service”, omit “the terms of service for doctors contained in Schedule 1”; and
(gg) in the definition of “treatment”, omit the words “in relation to general medical services, has the same meaning as in the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Regulations, and,”;
(b) in regulation 3 (establishment of committees), omit paragraph (1)(a);
(c) in regulation 4 (provisions relating to the start of disciplinary proceedings) –
(i) omit paragraph (5)(b) and (6); and
(ii) in paragraph (5)(a), omit the word “medical”;
(d) in regulation 5 (referral to discipline committee), omit paragraph (2)(a);
(e) in regulation 6 (time limits), in paragraph (3)(a), omit the word “doctor,”;
(f) in regulation 8 (determination of appropriate Board), omit paragraphs (3) and (4);
(g) in regulation 9 (appeal to the Department) –
(i) in paragraph (1)(b), omit (3), and
(ii) in paragraph (5), omit “(3),” in the second place it appears;
(h) in regulation 10 (procedure on appeal) –
(i) in paragraph (5), omit “(3)”,
(ii) in paragraph (7), omit sub-paragraph (a), and
(iii) in paragraph (8), omit sub-paragraph (a);
(i) in regulation 11 (recovery of amounts from practitioners following appeal), in paragraph (4), for the words “paragraphs (3), or”, substitute “paragraph”;
(j) omit regulations 14 (excessive prescribing by doctors), 15 (investigation of certification), 16 (investigation of record keeping) and 17 (decision as to treatment for which fees may be charged by doctors);
(k) in regulation 21 (referral of matters to professional bodies), in paragraph (3)(a) omit the words “a doctor or”;
(l) in Schedule 1 (constitution of discipline committees) –
(i) omit paragraph 2(1)(b)(ii),
(ii) in paragraph 2(2), for “(ii)”, substitute “(iii)”,
(iii) in paragraph 2(4), omit sub-paragraph (a), and
(iv) in paragraph 8(b)(i), omit the word “doctor” and omit sub-paragraph (c)(i);
(m) in Schedule 2 (procedure for investigation by discipline committees) –
(i) in paragraph 2, omit sub-paragraph (1)(a), and
(ii) in paragraph 9, omit sub-paragraph (c)(i) and (d);
(n) in Schedule 3, omit paragraph 1; and
(o) omit Schedule 4 (rules of procedure under regulation 17).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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