Article 35 Interpretation of this Part

In this Part—

(a)

“contractor” means a person entering into, or who has entered into, a default contract with a Primary Care Trust;

(b)

“Premises Costs Directions” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) (England) Directions 2004, given by the Secretary of State under section 17 of the 1977 Act^f1, and expressions used both in article 36(7) and in the Premises Costs Directions, unless they are defined elsewhere in this Order, have the same meaning as in the Premises Costs Directions;

(c)

“Statement of Fees and Allowances” means the statement determined and published by the Secretary of State under regulation 34 of the 1992 Regulations^f2, as that statement had effect on 31st March 2004; and

(d)

“Statement of Financial Entitlements” means any directions given by the Secretary of State under section 28T of the 1977 Act^f3, and expressions used both in article 36(2) to (6) and in the Statement of Financial Entitlements, unless they are defined elsewhere in this Order, have the same meaning as in the Statement of Financial Entitlements.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 17 is as substituted by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), section 12(1), and thereafter amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(3), and National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 7.
f2: Regulation 34 was amended by S.I. 1993/540, 1997/2468, 2000/601 and 2002/2469.
f3: Section 28T was inserted into the 1977 Act by section 175 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.