The National Health Service (Performers Lists) Amendment Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1385
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2006.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 13 of the principal Regulations (suspension)—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (9), insert “Except as provided in paragraph (9A),” and

(b) after paragraph (9) insert—

(9A) For the purpose of an application by a performer who is suspended under these Regulations to be included in another performers list, he shall be treated as still included in the list from which he is suspended, notwithstanding that suspension.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 22 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (medical performers list)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “(2) and (3)”, substitute “(2) to (3)”; and

(b) after paragraph (2) insert paragraphs (2A) and (2B)—

(2A) A medical practitioner who falls within paragraph (2B) may perform primary medical services in the area of a Primary Care Trust, but only in so far as the performance of those services constitutes part of a programme of post-registration supervised clinical practice approved by the Board (“a post-registration programme”).

(2B) A medical practitioner falls within this paragraph if he—

(a) is not a GP Registrar;

(b) is undertaking a post-registration programme;

(c) has notified the Primary Care Trust that he will be undertaking part or all of a post-registration programme in its area at least 24 hours before commencing any part of that programme taking place in the Primary Care Trust’s area; and

(d) has, with that notification, provided the Primary Care Trust with evidence sufficient for it to satisfy itself that he is undergoing a post-registration programme.