30In Article 56 of the [S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14).] Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (arrangements and regulations for general medical services)—
(a)in paragraph (4C)(c), for the words “of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Council under section 42(3)(b)” there shall be substituted the words “under section 42”; and
(b)after paragraph (4C) there shall be added—
“(4D)Where the registration of a medical practitioner in the register of medical practitioners is suspended by a direction of the Committee on Professional Performance of the General Medical Council—
(a)under section 36A of the Medical Act 1983 (professional performance),
(b)under section 38(1) of that Act (order for immediate suspension), or
(c)under rules made by virtue of paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 4 to that Act (procedure of committees),
the suspension shall not, except in so far as is provided by or determined in accordance with regulations under subsection (2) above, terminate any arrangements made with him for the provision of general medical services; but he shall not provide such services in person during the suspension.”.