Article 4 Acceptance of applications for inclusion in lists of patientsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where, on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had agreed to accept a person on his or her list of patients pursuant to paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations^f1 but on 31st March 2004 he or she had not yet sent the signed medical card or the application to the Local Health Board in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph, that acceptance shall be regarded on 1st April 2004 as an acceptance by the succeeding contractor and notification of that acceptance shall be sent by the succeeding contractor to the Local Health Board in accordance with—

(a)

the term of its general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 15(5) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations; or

(b)

the equivalent term of its default contract.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “medical card” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2004 Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 4 in force at 1.4.2004, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 6 was amended by S.I. 1998/682, 2002/1896 (W.197) and 2002/916 (W.104).