- a national disqualification
means a decision— (a) made by the FHSAA to nationally disqualify a doctor under section 49N;
- Abolition of the Tribunal (Wales) Regulations
means the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2002;
- Abolition of the Tribunal Regulations
means the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001;
- director
means— (a) a director of a body corporate;
- doctor
means a registered medical practitioner;
- employment
means any employment, whether paid or unpaid and whether under a contract for services or a contract of service, and “employed” and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;
- equivalent body
means a Local Health Board in Wales, a Health Board or an NHS trust in Scotland, a Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland, in relation to any time prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority in England or, in relation to any time prior to 1st April 2003, a Health Authority in Wales;
- equivalent list
means a list kept by an equivalent body;
- FHSAA
means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority constituted under section 49S;
- fraud case
means a case where a person satisfies the second condition for removal from the medical list, set out in section 49F(3) or, by virtue of section 49H, is treated as doing so;
- General Practice Registrar
means— (a) a doctor, or (b) a medical practitioner whose name appears in the register of medical practitioners with limited registration, who is being trained in general practice by a GP trainer;
- Health Committee
means the Health Committee of the General Medical Council referred to in section 1(3) of the Medical Act;
- licensing or regulatory body
means a body that licenses or regulates any profession of which the doctor is, or has been a member, including a body regulating or licensing the education, training or qualifications of that profession, and includes any body which licences or regulates any such profession, its education, training or qualifications, outside the United Kingdom;” “• “professional registration number” means the number against the doctor’s name in the register of medical practitioners;” “• “services list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Services List Regulations;”
- list
means a list referred to in section 49N(1)(a) to (c);” “• “medical list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 4 of the Medical Regulations;” “• “Medical Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992;” “• “the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service” means the service with responsibility for policy and operational matters relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud or corruption and the management of security in the National Health Service, established by the Counter Fraud Management Service Establishment and Constitution Order 2002;” “• “Services List Regulations” means the National
- list-holding performer
means a doctor who both performs personal medical services and is required to hold a patient list;
- Medical Act
means the Medical Act 1983;
- medical list
means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 4 of the Medical Regulations;
- Medical Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992;
- medical supplementary list
means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Supplementary List Regulations;”
- originating events
means the events that gave rise to the conviction, investigation, proceedings, suspension, refusal to admit, conditional inclusion, removal or contingent removal that took place;
- pilot scheme provider
means a doctor who both provides and performs personal medical services under the terms of the same pilot scheme;
- Primary Care Act
means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997;
- professional conduct
includes matters relating both to professional conduct and professional performance;
- Professional Conduct Committee
means the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Medical Council, referred to in section 1(3) of the Medical Act;
- professional registration number
means the number against the doctor’s name in the register of medical practitioners;” “• “services list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Services List Regulations;”
- register of medical practitioners
means the register of doctors kept by virtue of section 2 of the Medical Act;
- services list
means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Services List Regulations;”
- Services List Regulations
means the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Services List) and the (General Medical Services) and (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Amendment Regulations 2003;” “• “Supplementary List Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001;”
- supplementary list
means a list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Supplementary List Regulations;
- Supplementary List Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001;”
- suspended
means— (a) suspended by a Primary Care Trust or equivalent body under section 49I or 49J, regulations made under sections 28DA or 43D or under section 8ZA of the Primary Care Act, including these Regulations, (b) in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, suspended under provisions in force corresponding to those in or made under sections 28DA, 43D, 49I, 49J or under section 8ZA of the Primary Care Act, and shall be treated as including a case where a person is treated as suspended by a Primary Care Trust or, prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority by virtue of regulation 6(2) of the Abolition of the Tribunal Regulations, or in Wales, by a Local Health Board or, prior to 1st April 2003, by a Health Authority by virtue of regulation 6(2) of the Abolition of the Tribunal (Wales) Regulations, and “suspends” and “suspension” shall be construed accordingly;
- the Medical Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992.
- the NCAA
means the National Clinical Assessment Authority established as a Special Health Authority under section 11;
- the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service
means the service with responsibility for policy and operational matters relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud or corruption and the management of security in the National Health Service, established by the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Establishment and Constitution Order 2002;” “• “services list” means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 3 of the Services List Regulations;” “• “Services List Regulations” means the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services) (Services List) and the (General Medical Services) and (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Amend
- the Supplementary List Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001.
- the Tribunal
means the Tribunal constituted under section 46 for England and Wales, and which, except for prescribed cases, had effect in relation to England until 14th December 2001 and in relation to Wales until 26th August 2002;
- the Vocational Training Regulations
means the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations 1997;
- vocational training scheme
means a pre-arranged programme of training which is designed for the purpose of enabling a doctor to gain the medical experience prescribed by regulation 6(1) of the Vocational Training Regulations.”