ANNEX A: Outline of the existing law relating to the NHS(12) Part 2 services and PMS/PDS
250.Sections 14 and 15 of the HSC Act provide for the abolition of the Medical Practices Committee and for HAs to determine GP vacancies.  Section 16 provides for the abolition of the NHS tribunal; the Act provides that instead HAs will remove or suspend practitioners from Part 2 lists (section 25), subject to appeal to the FHSAA (section 27).  Sections 17 to 24 make provision in relation to Part 2 services, including provision for out of hours GP services, changes to the Part 2 list arrangements and for supplementary lists for persons assisting the provision of Part 2 services.  Section 26 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations for HAs to hold lists of persons who may perform PMS/PDS.  Many of these provisions are not free-standing but proceed by way of amending or inserting new sections in the 1977 Act.  For example, section 25 inserts new sections 49F to 49R and section 27 inserts section 49S and Schedule 9A. Not all of these provisions are in force.