The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Registration of patients: Crown servants posted overseas and their family members

2.  In regulation 3(1)—

(a) after the definition of “appliance”, insert—

““appropriate person”—

(a)

in relation to a person who has not attained the age of 16 years, means a person mentioned in paragraph 17(4)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Schedule 2;

(b)

in relation to a person who lacks capacity—

(i)

to make an application or provide information to, to accept an offer from, or otherwise communicate with, the contractor, or

(ii)

to authorise the making of an application or provision of information to, the acceptance of an offer from, or other communication with, the contractor on their behalf,

means a person mentioned in paragraph 17(4)(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Schedule 2;”;

(b) in the definition of “child”, after ““child”” insert “, other than in Part 2A of Schedule 2,”;

(c) for the definition of “temporary resident” substitute—

““temporary resident” means a person—

(a)

accepted by the contractor as a temporary resident under paragraph 19, 31E or 31G of Schedule 2, and

(b)

for whom the contractor’s responsibility has not terminated under paragraph 19, 31E or 31G (as the case may be) of Schedule 3.”.

(1)

There are amendments to regulation 3 but none is relevant.