3. Notwithstanding the commencement of paragraph 4(c) of Schedule 21 to the 2012 Act, until the commencement of paragraph 4(b) of that Schedule, section 17D of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (persons with whom agreements under section 17C may be made)(1) has effect as if in subsection (2), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “NHS employee”, the words from “and in this paragraph” to the end continue to have effect in so far as they relate to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts.
1978 c. 29; section 17D was inserted by section 21(2) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) and the relevant amendment to the definition of “NHS employee” was made by section 2(3)(d)(iv) of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1).