# The General Medical Services (Transitional Measure Relating to Non-Clinical Partners) (Wales) Order 2004, Article 1: Citation, commencement, application and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the General Medical Services (Transitional Measure Relating to Non-Clinical Partners) (Wales) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 19 July 2004.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales only.
(3) In this Order —
“the 1977 Act” (“Deddf 1977”) means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“health care professional” (“proffesiynolyn gofal iechyd”) means a person who is a member of a profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002;
“non-clinical partner” (“partner anghlinigol”) means a partner in a partnership who is neither a registered medical practitioner nor a health care professional;
“relevant non-clinical partner” (“partner anghlinigol perthnasol”) shall be construed in accordance with article 2; and
“sole practitioner” (“ymarferydd unigol”) means a registered medical practitioner who, prior to 1st April 2004, provided services under section 29 of the 1977 Act (arrangements and regulations for general medical services) but not as part of an association of registered medical practitioners who, as a group practice, co-ordinated their respective obligations to provide services under the said section 29.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1825/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-measure-relating-to-non-clinical-partners-wales-order-2004/article-1
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