# The Local Involvement Networks Regulations 2008, Paragraph 5: The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “PCT Patients’ Forum”.
(3) In Schedule 6 (other contractual terms)—
(a) in paragraph 48(4)(e), in the substituted regulation 33(3) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005—
(i) in sub-paragraph (f) omit “Patients’ Forum or” and “and”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—
“(ff) any relevant local involvement network; and”;
(iii) after sub-paragraph (g) insert the following paragraph—
“(3A) In this regulation—
(a) “relevant local authority” means a local authority whose area falls, wholly or partly, within the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(b) “relevant local involvement network” means a person who in pursuance of arrangements made by a relevant local authority under section 221(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 is to carry on activities specified in section 221(2) of that Act.”;
(b) omit paragraphs 78 (requests for information from Patients’ Forums) and 90 (entry and inspection by members of Patients’ Forums).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/528/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-involvement-networks-regulations-2008/schedule/paragraph-5
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