{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/570",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Direct Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Cessation of disqualification",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where a person is disqualified under regulation 3(1)(c) he may, after the expiry of two years beginning on the date on which he was dismissed, apply in writing to the Secretary of State to remove the disqualification, and the Secretary of State may direct that the disqualification shall cease.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State refuses an application to remove a disqualification no further application may be made by that person until the expiry of the period of two years beginning with the date of the application and this paragraph shall apply to any subsequent application.\n(3) Where a person is disqualified under regulation 3(1)(d), the disqualification shall cease on the expiry of the period of two years beginning on the date of the termination of his tenure of office or such longer period as the Secretary of State specifies when terminating his period of office but the Secretary of State may, on application being made to him by that person, reduce the period of disqualification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/570/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:30:59.790761+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."
}