96.—(1) A contractor may terminate the contract by serving notice in writing on the Health Board at any time.
(2) Where the contractor serves notice pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), the contract shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3), terminate six months after the date on which the notice is served (“the termination date”), save that if the termination date is not the last calendar day of a month, the contract shall instead terminate on the last calendar day of the month in which the termination date falls.
(3) Where the contractor is an individual medical practitioner, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply to the contractor, save that the reference to “six months” shall instead be to “three months”.
(4) This paragraph and paragraph 97 are without prejudice to any other rights to terminate the contract that the contractor may have.