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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-no-2-order-2004/article-26",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1016",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-no-2-order-2004",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Notification of sub-contracts under general medical services contracts",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) on 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had in place arrangements for the engagement of a deputy of which he or she had informed the Local Health Board under paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations, and\n(b) the succeeding general medical services contractor wishes to continue those arrangements after 31st March 2004 in the form of a sub-contract to which paragraph 68 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations applies,\nany 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.\n(2) In this article—\n“deputy” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; and\n“organisation providing deputy doctors” has the same meaning as in paragraph 21A(1) of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 26 in force at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 21(1) was amended by S.I. 2001/3742 and 2002/2469."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1016/article/26",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}