# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004, Article 11: Acceptance of temporary residents

Extent: E+W

(1) This article applies where—
(a) on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had accepted a person as a temporary resident under paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; and
(b) on 31st March 2004, his or her responsibility for that patient had not yet been terminated under paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Schedule or the period for which the person was accepted as a temporary resident had not yet come to an end.
(2) In a case to which this article applies, the person shall, on 1st April 2004, be treated as if he or she had been accepted as a temporary resident by the succeeding contractor under—
(a) the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations, subject to the modification that reference to a period of three months in that term shall be read as a reference to a period of three months starting with the date on which the person was accepted as a temporary resident by the relevant medical practitioner under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; or
(b) the equivalent term of its default contract subject to a modification to the same effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1016/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-no-2-order-2004/article-11
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