- a national disqualification
means a decision— (a) made by the FHSAA to nationally disqualify a performer 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;
- armed forces
means the United Kingdom Armed Forces of Her Majesty;
- armed forces GP
means a medical practitioner, who is employed on a contract of service by the Ministry of Defence, whether or not as a member of the armed forces, and (a) before the coming into force of article 10 of the 2003 Order holds either a certificate of prescribed experience under regulation 10 of, or a certificate of equivalent experience under regulation 11 of, the Vocational Training Regulations;
- both registers
means the register of medical practitioners and, after the coming into force of article 10 of the 2003 Order, that register and the GP Register;
- CCT
means Certificate of Completion of Training awarded under article 8 of the 2003 Order, including any such certificate awarded in pursuance of the competent authority functions of the Board specified in article 20(3)(a) of that Order;
- continuing matter
means any case, other than a case falling within paragraph 2, where the Initial Primary Care Trust had not yet come to a decision on any matter, other than a matter falling within paragraph 8, under the Medical Regulations;
- contractor
means a general medical practitioner, who both provides and performs primary medical services in accordance with section 28C arrangements or under a general medical services contract;
- director
means— (a) a director of a body corporate;
- employer
includes any partnership of which the performer is or was a member.
- 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;
- Fitness to Practise Panel
means a panel constituted pursuant to paragraph 19E of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act;
- fraud case
means a case where a person satisfies the second condition for removal from the performers list, set out in section 49F(3) or, by virtue of section 49H, is treated as doing so;
- general medical practitioner
means a GP Registrar or— (a) on and after the coming into force of article 10 of the 2003 Order, a medical practitioner whose name is included in the GP Register;
- health case
has the meaning ascribed to it by section 35E(4) of the Medical Act);
- Health Committee
means the Health Committee of the General Medical Council referred to in section 1(3) of the Medical Act;
- Initial Primary Care Trust
means a Primary Care Trust in whose medical list the general medical practitioner’s name was or had been included prior to 1st April 2004, and terms used shall bear the same meaning in this Schedule that they have in Part 2.
- licensing or regulatory body
means a body that licenses or regulates any profession of which the performer 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 licenses or regulates any such profession, its education, training or qualifications, outside the United Kingdom;
- list
means a list referred to in section 49N(1)(a) to (c), a medical list, a services list or a supplementary 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 performers list
means a list of medical practitioners prepared and published pursuant to regulation 3(1);
- Medical Regulations
means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992;
- notice
means a notice in writing (including electronically) and “notify” shall be construed accordingly;
- 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;
- performer
means a health care professional;
- performers list
means a list prepared and published pursuant to regulation 3(1);
- previous list
means a list in which the performer’s name was included prior to his inclusion in the performers list;
- 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 general medical practitioner’s name in the registers of medical practitioners;
- register of medical practitioners
has the meaning given to it by section 2(2) of the Medical Act;
- relevant body
means the body for the time being mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, which regulates the profession of the performer;
- relevant Part
means Part 2;
- relevant performers list
means the medical performers list;
- relevant scheme
means the scheme in respect of which the general medical practitioner is applying to be included in a medical performers list;
- scheme
means an arrangement to provide primary medical services— (a) in accordance with section 28C;
- services list
means a 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
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;
- the 2001 Rules
means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Procedure) Rules 2001;
- the Board
means the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board;
- 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;
- 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, the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations (Scotland) 1998 or the Medical Practitioners (Vocational Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 as the case may be;
- vocational training scheme
means— (a) a pre-arranged programme of training which is designed for the purpose of enabling a medical practitioner to gain the medical experience prescribed by regulation 6(1) of the Vocational Training Regulations;