52.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), no medical practitioner shall perform medical services under the contract unless the medical practitioner is
(a)included in a medical performers' list for a Local Health Board in Wales;
(b)not suspended from that list or from the Medical Register; and
(c)not subject to interim suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983 (interim order)(1).
(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply in the case of
(a)a medical practitioner employed by an NHS trust, an NHS foundation trust, (in Scotland) a Health Board, or (in Northern Ireland) a Health and Social Services Trust who is providing services other than primary medical services at the practice premises;
(b)a person who is provisionally registered under section 15 (provisional registration), 15A (provisional registration for EEA nationals) or 21 (provisional registration) of the Medical Act 1983(2) acting in the course of the person’s employment in a resident medical capacity in an approved medical practice; or
(c)a GP Registrar during the first two months of his or her training period.
1983 c. 54. Section 41 was inserted by S.I. 2000/1803.
1983 c. 54. Section 15A was inserted by regulations 2 and 3 of S.I. 2000/3041.