The Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Liabilities and obligations in relation to deputies

16.—(1) Regulations may make provision with respect to the liabilities and obligations of—

(a) a Part VI practitioner who, in connection with any obligation of his to provide general medical services, enters into arrangements under which a pilot scheme practitioner deputises, or is engaged to deputise, for him; or

(b) a Part VI practitioner who enters into arrangements under which he deputises, or is engaged to deputise, for a pilot scheme practitioner, in connection with that practitioner’s obligation to perform personal medical services under a pilot scheme.

(2) The regulations may, in particular—

(a) modify any liabilities or obligations which would otherwise be applicable by virtue of Part VI of the 1972 Order;

(b) apply (with or without modifications) any provision made by or under Part VI of the 1972 Order (including any provision so made by virtue of Article 10 of the [1988 NI 24.] Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988).

(3) In this Article—

“Part VI practitioner” means a medical practitioner who provides general medical services; and

“pilot scheme practitioner” means a medical practitioner who performs personal medical services under a pilot scheme.