Regulation 17 Amendment of Part III of the principal Regulations

(1)

Regulation 18D (advertisement of vacancies for sole practitioners) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2)

For paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

“(a)

the Health Authority has declared a vacancy, pursuant to regulation 13(1)(a), for an additional doctor in the area; and”.

(3)

In paragraph (2) for “within such period as the Medical Practices Committee has specified pursuant to regulation 12(4)(d),” substitute “within the period specified in regulation 13(7),”.

(4)

In paragraph (3)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “by the Medical Practices Committee” substitute “by the Health Authority”;

(b)

for “the locality” substitute “the area”.

(5)

In paragraph (6) for “the locality” substitute “the area, and shall be set after consultation with any other Health Authority in whose area prospective patients reside”.