Article 26 Notification of sub-contracts under general medical services contractsI1

Where—

any requirement for the succeeding contractor to notify the Local Health Board of its intention to enter into that sub-contract contained in the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 68(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations shall not apply, unless the date of termination of the arrangements is extended beyond the date which applied to them on 31st March 2004 or there is a material variation in the nature of those arrangements.

In this article—

• “deputy” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; and

• “organisation providing deputy doctors” has the same meaning as in paragraph 21A(1) of that Schedule.