Regulation 4 Definitions
In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations–
in the definition of “assistant practitioner”, after the words “other than” there shall be inserted the words “an associate general practitioner or”;
after the definition of “assistant practitioner” there shall be inserted the following definition:–
““associate general practitioner” means an employee of a medical practitioner on the list of an Executive Council or Health Board, being himself a medical practitioner, who is employed for the purpose of carrying out general medical services in circumstances where his employer is entitled to claim an allowance under regulation 31(1)(q) of the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974f1;”;
in the definition of “practitioner” after the words “assistant practitioner” there shall be inserted the words “or associate general practitioner” and at the end of the definition there shall be added the words “except that an associate general practitioner whose remuneration is paid by an employing authority as agents for the practitioners who employ him shall be a practitioner”.