74.—(1) In this Part –
“the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland)1996(1);
“amendments” in respect of any regulation or regulations in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations means amendments made to that regulation by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to this Order;
“appropriate Board” has the same meaning as in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations;
“contracting Board” means a Board that has entered into a default contract or a general medical services contract (as the case may be) with –
a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,
a partnership, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a partner,
a limited company, where a doctor who is the subject of the allegation is a legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company;
“doctor” has the same meaning as in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations;
“relevant contractor” means a party to a general medical services contract or default contract with a contracting Board, where that contractor is –
a doctor who is the subject of the allegation,
a partnership, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership,
a limited company, where a doctor who is or was the subject of the allegation is a legal and beneficial shareholder of shares in that company; and
“relevant date” means 1st April 2004.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to –
(a)a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations; and
(b)a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations bearing that number.
S.R. 1996 No. 137 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 15