Appointments system
15. Where, on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had notified a Local Health Board under paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations—
(a)that he or she intended to operate an appointments system; or
(b)of any proposal to discontinue such a system,
that notice shall be regarded as a notice given by the succeeding contractor to the Local Health Board for the purposes of the term of the general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 80(c) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations or the equivalent term of the default contract.