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SCHEDULE 2Transitional, transitory and saving provisions

Eligibility for entry in the General Practitioner Register and the Specialist Register

7.—(1) Applications to the Board for a person to be considered to be—

(a)an eligible general practitioner for the purposes of article 10(2)(b) of the 2003 Order;

(b)an eligible specialist for the purposes of article 13(2)(b) of that Order,

made before the appointed day but not determined by that day, shall be treated as having been made to the Registrar in accordance with regulations under section 34E(1) of the 1983 Act.

(2) Applications referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of the 2003 Order as in force immediately before the appointed day.

(3) In determining the applications referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the Registrar shall take into account—

(a)the outcome of any previous application made by the applicant to the Board for inclusion in those registers; and

(b)any review of, or appeal against, that decision.