# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004, Article 26: Notification of sub-contracts under general medical services contracts

Extent: E+W

(1) Where—
(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
(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,
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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1016/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-no-2-order-2004/article-26
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