22.—(1) The Local Health Board shall remove a patient from the contractor’s list of patients if —
(a)the patient has subsequently been registered with another provider of essential services (or their equivalent) in the area of the Local Health Board; or
(b)it has received notice from another Local Health Board, a Primary Care Trust, a Health Board or a Health and Social Services Board that the patient has subsequently been registered with a provider of essential services (or their equivalent) outside the area of the Local Health Board.
(2) A removal in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) shall take effect —
(a)on the date on which the Local Health Board receives notification of the registration of the person with the new provider; or
(b)with the consent of the Local Health Board, on such other date as has been agreed between the contractor and the new provider.
(3) The Local Health Board shall notify the contractor in writing of persons removed from its list of patients under sub-paragraph (1).