The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013

Interpretation

2.  In this Schedule—

“2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2012(1);

“2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;

“the appointed day” means 1st April 2013;

“the Board” means the National Health Service Commissioning Board (2);

“contractor” means—

(a)

in relation to a period before the appointed day, a party to a GMS contract, other than the Primary Care Trust; or

(b)

in relation to a period on or after the appointed day, a party to the GMS contract, other than the Board;

“GMS contract” means a contract entered into in accordance with section 84 of the 2006 Act (3);

“out of hours services” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the GMS Contracts Regulations;

“Primary Care Trust” means the Primary Care Trust which was established and which subsisted immediately before the coming into force of section 34 (abolition of Primary Care Trusts) of the 2012 Act;

“Strategic Health Authority” means the Strategic Health Authority which was established and which subsisted immediately before the coming into force of section 33 (abolition of Strategic Health Authorities) of the 2012 Act.

(1)

2012 c.7.

(2)

The National Health Service Commissioning Board is established by section 1H of the 2006 Act. Section 1H is inserted by section 9 of the 2012 Act.

(3)

Section 84 is amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 31 of Schedule 4 to, the 2012 Act.