2002 No. 848
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 43D of the National Health Service Act 19771, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England only.

Amendment of regulation 6(2)2.

In regulation 6(2) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 20012 (grounds for refusal), for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d)

if it is not satisfied that he is suitably experienced within the meaning of section 31 unless he has an acquired right under regulation 5(1)(d) of the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 19943;”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6(2)(d) of the principal Regulations. In place of regulation 6(2)(d), regulation 2 substitutes a provision whereby a Health Authority must refuse to include a doctor in its supplementary list if it is not satisfied that the doctor is suitably experienced within the meaning of section 31 of the National Health Service Act 1977 unless he has an acquired right under regulation 5(1)(d) of the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994.