Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

[F1 General medical services contracts: introductory N.I.

57.— (1) A Health and Social Services Board may enter into a contract under which primary medical services are provided in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.

(2) A contract under this Article is called in this Order a “general medical services contract”.

(3) Subject to any provision made by or under this Part, a general medical services contract may make such provision as may be agreed between the Health and Social Services Board and the contractor or contractors in relation to—

(a) the services to be provided under the contract,

(b) remuneration under the contract, and

(c) any other matters.

(4) The services to be provided under a general medical services contract may include—

(a) services which are not primary medical services;

(b) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) In this Part, “contractor”, in relation to a general medical services contract, means any person entering into the contract with the Health and Social Services Board.]

F1 2004 NI 2

F2 Art. 57(4)(b) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(31), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2