Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983

2 In section 19 (arrangements and regulations for general medical services) of that Act—

(a) at the end of subsection (2) insert—

“(f) for the making of arrangements for the temporary provision of general medical services in an area ;

(g) for the circumstances in which a name added to the list by virtue of subsection (5) below may be removed from it.”.

(b) after subsection (4) insert—

“(5) The persons with whom arrangements for the temporary provision of general medical services in an area may be made by virtue of regulations under subsection (2) include medical practitioners who are not on the list of medical practitioners providing such services in the area, and the power to prepare and publish lists of medical practitioners conferred by paragraph (a) of that subsection accordingly includes power to add the names of medical practitioners with whom such arrangements are made to the lists.

(6) Regulations may provide that this Act and any regulations made under it shall apply in relation—

(a) to the making of arrangements for the temporary provision of general medical services ; and

(b) to the provision of general medical services in pursuance of any such arrangements,

subject to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.

(7) Where the registration of a medical practitioner in the register of medical practitioners is suspended—

(a) by a direction of the Health Committee of the General Medical Council under section 8(1) or (2) of the [1978 c. 12.] Medical Act 1978 (unfitness to practise by reason of physical or mental condition);

(b) by an Order of that Committee under section 9(1) of that Act (order for immediate suspension) ; or

(c) by an interim order of the preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Council under section 13(3)(b) of that Act,

the suspension shall not terminate any arrangements made with him for the provision of general medical services ; but he shall not provide such services in person during that period of suspension.”.