# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 111: Termination by the Primary Care Trust for breach of conditions in regulation 4


(1) The Primary Care Trust shall serve notice in writing on the contractor terminating the contract forthwith if the contractor is an individual medical practitioner and the medical practitioner no longer satisfies the condition specified in regulation 4(1).
(2) Where the contractor is—
(a) two or more persons practising in partnership, and the condition specified in regulation 4(2)(a) is no longer satisfied; or
(b) a company limited by shares, and the condition specified in regulation 4(3)(a) is no longer satisfied,
sub-paragraph (3) shall apply.
(3) Where sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) applies, the Primary Care Trust shall—
(a) serve notice in writing on the contractor terminating the contract forthwith; or
(b) serve notice in writing on the contractor confirming that the Primary Care Trust will allow the contract to continue, for a period specified by the Primary Care Trust of up to six months (the “interim period”), during which time the Primary Care Trust shall, with the consent of the contractor, employ or supply one or more general medical practitioners to the contractor for the interim period to assist the contractor in the provision of clinical services under the contract.
(4) Before deciding which of the options in sub-paragraph (3) to pursue, the Primary Care Trust shall, whenever it is reasonably practicable to do so, consult the Local Medical Committee (if any) for its area.
(5) If the contractor does not, pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(b), consent to the Primary Care Trust employing or supplying a general medical practitioner during the interim period, the Primary Care Trust shall serve notice in writing on the contractor terminating the contract forthwith.
(6) If, at the end of the interim period, the contractor still falls within sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b), the Primary Care Trust shall serve notice in writing on the contractor terminating the contract forthwith.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/291/schedule/6/paragraph/111 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2004/schedule-6/paragraph-111
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