{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/554",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part III of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 17 (decision by Health Authority as to type of vacancy) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.\n(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) This regulation applies where a Health Authority decides that there is a vacancy for an additional doctor in the area.”.\n(3) In paragraphs (2) and (3) for “If the Health Authority made a reference pursuant to regulation 11(1)” in each place where those words occur substitute “Where the Health Authority considered in accordance with regulation 12(2)(a) whether to declare a vacancy”.\n(4) For paragraph (5) substitute—\n“(5) In making their decision the Health Authority must—\n(a) in a case to which regulation 12(3)(b) applies, consult any Health Authority in whose area the prospective patients reside; and\n(b) take account, in particular, of the needs of the patients in the area.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/554/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:12:53.281076+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}