# The Primary Medical Services (Consequential and Ancillary Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2004, Paragraph 8


(1) The National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)–
(a) in the definition of “assistant practitioner”–
(i) in paragraph (a) omit “medical practitioner, or” and “medical practitioner or”; and
(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute–
“(b) a person–
(i) on a primary medical services performers list; or
(ii) who is a GP Registrar and has applied for inclusion on a primary medical services performers list, and
who 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;”;
(b) in the definition of “practitioner”–
(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”;
(ii) in paragraph (c), omit “a registered medical practitioner or”;
(iii) omit “and” after paragraph (d);
(iv) in paragraph (e)–
(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”;
(bb) in sub-paragraph (i) omit “the medical list or, as the case may be,”;
(cc) in the full out words at the end, omit “medical or”; and
(dd) at the end, insert “and”; and
(v) at the end, insert–
“(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–
(i) a GMS contract or default contract; or
(ii) a section 17C agreement;”;
(c) omit the definitions of “medical list”, “medical pilot scheme employee” and “personal medical services”; and
(d) insert the following definitions at the appropriate place in alphabetical order:–
““default contract” means a contract under article 13 of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004;”;
““GP Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2004;”;
“GMS contract” means a general medical services contract under section 17J of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;?CQ?;
“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?;
“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;”;
(3) In regulation 3 (persons to whom the regulations apply), omit paragraph (1)(f).
(4) In regulation 4A (recovery of costs)–
(a) at the end of paragraph 4(c) insert “and”; and
(b) omit paragraph 4(d).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/212/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-consequential-and-ancillary-amendments-scotland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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