PART 5CONTRACT TERMS

Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of contractual arrangements made under article 1522.

For as long as contractual arrangements made under article 15 exist–

(a)

paragraph 63(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations (sub contracting of out of hours services) shall be read as if, after paragraph (b), there were inserted–

“(bb)

a person who is a party to contractual arrangements made under article 15 of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004;”;

(b)

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

(i)

in paragraph 1(5), after “agreement” there were included “, or who is a party to contractual arrangements made under article 15 of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004,”; and

(ii)

in paragraph 5(1)(a), after “agreement” there were included “or to be a party to contractual arrangements made under article 15 of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004,”.