PART 5 CONTRACT TERMS

Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of default contracts

21.  For as long as default contracts exist–

(a) paragraph 63(2)(a) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations (sub contracting of out of hours services) shall be read as if the reference to a GMS contract included a reference to a default contract; and

(b) Schedule 6 to those Regulations (out of hours services) shall be read as if–

(i) the reference to a GMS contract in paragraph 1(5) included a reference to a default contract, and

(ii) in paragraph 5(1)(a), after “contract” there were included “or, as the case may be, default contract”.