# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2004, Article 72: Referrals to investigating discipline committees before the relevant date (regulation 5 of the Service Committees Regulations)

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Where a Local Health Board (A) has, before the relevant date, referred a matter in respect of a doctor to another Local Health Board (B) in accordance with regulation 4(2)(a) or (7)—
(a) that matter has not been finally determined by the discipline committee of that Local Health Board (B) before the relevant date—
(i) the discipline committee of that Local Health Board (B) shall investigate the matter and report to the Local Health Board (A) as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 and Schedules 2 and 4 had not taken effect, and
(ii) the Local Health Board (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Service Committees Regulations as if those amendments had not taken effect, subject to article 74; or
(b) that Local Health Board (A) has received the report of the discipline committee of the Local Health Board (B) but has not yet determined what (if any) action to take as a result of the report, the Local Health Board (A) shall be entitled to take any action it could have taken pursuant to the Service Committees Regulations as if the amendments to regulations 2 to 8 had not taken effect, subject to article 74.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1016/article/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-no-2-order-2004/article-72
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