The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004

Transitory modification of the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994

117.—(1) Until their revocation by virtue of article 31(5) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the 2003 Order, the Vocational Training for General Medical Practice (European Requirements) Regulations 1994 are to have effect as if they were amended in accordance with this article.

(2) In regulation 5 (acquired rights)(1), for paragraph (4)(a), substitute—

“(a) a person who has the acquired right specified in paragraph (1)(a), but only by virtue of the fact that he was a restricted services principal included in a list specified in that paragraph, is not entitled to be considered as suitably experienced within the meaning of section 31(2) of the National Health Service Act 1977 for the purposes of regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004(2) or regulation 4(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2004(3); and”.

(3) The modifications made by this article do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(1)

Regulation 5 was previously amended by S.I. 1997/2817: the whole Regulations are prospectively revoked by S.I. 2003/1250, article 31(5) and Part 2 of Schedule 10.

(2)

S.I. 2004/291.

(3)

S.I. 2004/478 (W.48).