art 21 Modification of certain out of hours provisions in the 2004 Regulations during the existence of default contracts
For as long as default contracts exist— (a) paragraph 69(2)(a) of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations (sub-contracting of out of hours services) shall be read as if the reference to a general medical services contract included a reference to a default contract; and (b) Schedule 7 to those Regulations (out of hours services) shall be read as if— (i) the reference to a general medical services contract in paragraph 1(2) included a reference to a default contract, and (ii) in paragraph 5(1)(a) after “general medical services contract” there were included “or, as the case may be, default contract”.