The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 No. 394

Amendment of the 2004 Regulations

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “closed” insert—

““conditional disqualification” has the same meaning as in section 29C(1) of the Act(1) and includes a decision under provisions in force in England, Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding (whether or not exactly) to a conditional disqualification;”;

(b) for the definition of “disqualified” substitute—

““disqualified” means, unless the context otherwise requires, disqualified by the Tribunal (or a corresponding decision under provisions in force in England, Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding, whether or not exactly, to disqualified), but does not include conditional disqualification, and “disqualification” shall be construed accordingly;”;

(c) in the definition of “list”, for the word “contact”, substitute “context”;

(d) omit the definitions of “local or national disqualification” and “national disqualification”;

(e) in the definition of “health care professional”, for the words “section 17L(5)”, substitute “section 17L(8)”.

(1)

Section 29C(1) was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 58.