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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

14.—(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Article 21 (indicative amounts for doctors' practices) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

(a)a person or body who has entered into a contract under Article 57 of the principal Order, otherwise than in partnership; or

(b)two or more individuals practising in partnership who together have entered into such a contract;.

(3) After paragraph (8) of that Article insert—

(8A) In this Article, references to the relevant Health and Social Services Board, in relation to a practice, are to the Health and Social Services Board with which it has entered into a contract under Article 57 of the principal Order..

(4) In Schedule 1 (health and social services councils), in paragraph (2)(g) for “and HSS trusts” substitute “HSS trusts and persons providing primary medical services under Part II or Part VI of the principal Order”.