# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No.2) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/369 · made 4 August 2005

This Order amends the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 to:extend for a further year the period for which prescription forms (including repeatable prescription forms and batch issues – when the appropriate regulations have been introduced need not include the name of the contractor as required by various Regulations relating to primary medical services; andcorrect a cross-referncing error in Article of 88 of that Order

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## Introductory text

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Made 4th August 2005
Coming into operation 25th August 2005
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 5 and 11 of the Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No.2) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 25th August 2005.

## 2 Amendment of Article 85 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) 2004

In Article 85 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (details to be included on prescription forms etc.), in paragraph (1), for “31st March 2005” substitute “31st March 2006”.

## 3 Amendment of Article 88 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

In Article 88 of the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (meaning of suitable experience) for “Until the coming into force of Article 5” substitute “Until either the establishment of the General Practitioner Register pursuant to Article 10(1) of the 2003 Order or the coming into force of paragraphs 21 and 22 of Schedule 8 to that Order, whichever occurs first,”.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 4th August 2005
L.S.
Dr J F Livingstone
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 to:
(a) extend for a further year the period for which prescription forms (including repeatable prescription forms and batch issues – when the appropriate regulations have been introduced need not include the name of the contractor as required by various Regulations relating to primary medical services; and
(b) correct a cross-referncing error in Article of 88 of that Order

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