ante-natal periodmeans the duration of a woman’s pregnancy until the onset of labour and “post-natal period” means the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy.”
organisation providing deputy doctorsmeans a person who provides deputies to doctors and includes a body consisting only of doctors who are included in the list of a Board who arrange to act as deputies to each other and which keeps separate accounts in relation to such arrangements. 2 Before entering into arrangements with an organisation providing deputy doctors for the provision of any deputy, a doctor shall– a obtain the written agreement of the organisation that any doctor it provides to him– i will not be subject to a declaration under section 29(3)(c) of the Act or under any corresponding provision in force in England and Wales or Northern Ireland that he is not fit to be engaged in any capacity in the provision of general medical services;
post-natal periodmeans the period of 14 days following the conclusion of a pregnancy.”
the principal Regulationsmeans the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995.