The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Effect of events taking place after 31st March 2004 on entitlement to enter into a general medical services contract

12.  Where an individual medical practitioner who is entitled to enter into a general medical services contract after 31st March 2004 under Article 3, 8 or 10 has not entered into a default contract with a Board, his entitlement to enter into a general medical services contract with that Board shall be extinguished if, after 31st March 2004, he falls within paragraph 105(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations unless –

(a)the Board is satisfied of the matters in sub-paragraphs (3) or (5) of that paragraph; or

(b)he falls within paragraph 105(2)(d) of that paragraph and the period specified in sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph has not expired.