The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 No. 2469

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON PART 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORM AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT 2002

PART 2 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

54.—(1) The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 17 (decision by health authority as to type of vacancy), in paragraphs (2)(a), (2)(b) and (6), after “the Authority” there is inserted “or Trust”.

(3) In regulation 18A (particular partnership vacancies), in paragraph (2), after “the Authority” there is inserted “or Trust”.

(4) In regulation 18F (entry on to medical list)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “the Authority” there is inserted “or Trust”;

(b) in paragraph (2A), after “Authorities” there is inserted “or Trusts”; and

(c) in paragraph (3), after “the Authority's” there is inserted “or Trust's”.

(5) In regulation 25 (temporary provision of services), in paragraph (17), after “the Authority's” there is inserted “or Trust's”.

(6) In Schedule 3, in Part I (information to be considered by a health authority when deciding whether or not to declare a vacancy), in paragraph 1, after “the Authority's” there is inserted “or Trust's”.

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S.I. 1992/635, amended by S.I. 1998/2838, 2001/3742, and 2002/554 and 916. Further amendments to the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 are contained in Schedules 5 and 7.