{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-consequential-and-ancillary-amendments-scotland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-consequential-and-ancillary-amendments-scotland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Medical Services (Consequential and Ancillary Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-consequential-and-ancillary-amendments-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)–\n(a) in the definition of “assistant practitioner”–\n(i) in paragraph (a) omit “medical practitioner, or” and “medical practitioner or”; and\n(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute–\n“(b) a person–\n(i) on a primary medical services performers list; or\n(ii) who is a GP Registrar and has applied for inclusion on a primary medical services performers list, and\nwho is employed (other than by a Health Board) to perform primary medical services under a GMS contract, a default contract or a section 17C agreement;”;\n(b) in the definition of “practitioner”–\n(i) in paragraph (a) for “a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist whose name is included on the medical list or, as the case may be,” substitute “ a registered dentist whose name is included”;\n(ii) in paragraph (c), omit “a registered medical practitioner or”;\n(iii) omit “and” after paragraph (d);\n(iv) in paragraph (e)–\n(aa) for “a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist who is a medical pilot scheme employee or a dental pilot scheme employee, as the case may be,” substitute “a registered dentist who is a dental pilot scheme employee”;\n(bb) in sub-paragraph (i) omit “the medical list or, as the case may be,”;\n(cc) in the full out words at the end, omit “medical or”; and\n(dd) at the end, insert “and”; and\n(v) at the end, insert–\n“(f) a registered medical practitioner who is included in a primary medical services performers list and who is, or is a member of a partnership which is, providing services under–\n(i) a GMS contract or default contract; or\n(ii) a section 17C agreement;”;\n(c) omit the definitions of “medical list”, “medical pilot scheme employee” and “personal medical services”; and\n(d) insert the following definitions at the appropriate place in alphabetical order:–\n““default contract” means a contract under article 13 of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004;”;\n““GP Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2004;”;\n“GMS contract” means a general medical services contract under section 17J of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;?CQ?;\n“primary medical services performers list” means a list of primary medical services performers prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 17P of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;?CQ?;\n“section 17C agreement means an agreement made under section 17C of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and includes a transitional agreement as defined in article 1(2) of the General Medical Services and Section 17C Agreements (Transitional and other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004;”;\n(3) In regulation 3 (persons to whom the regulations apply), omit paragraph (1)(f).\n(4) In regulation 4A (recovery of costs)–\n(a) at the end of paragraph 4(c) insert “and”; and\n(b) omit paragraph 4(d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1594"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 1999/444, S.S.I. 1999/195 and 2001/437."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/142."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/114."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 17J was inserted by the 2004 Act, section 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 17P was inserted by the 2004 Act, section 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 17C was inserted by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), section 21(2) and was amended by the 2004 Act, section 2(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/163."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 1999/444 and S.S.I. 2001/437."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Regulation 4A was inserted by S.S.I. 1999/195 and amended by S.S.I. 2001/437."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/183",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2006/135",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/212/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:25.707025+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."
}