The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Transitional Provisions Order 2005
Article 2 of this Order makes transitional provision in respect of the time in which the Board has to make a decision where a person has applied to the Board under article 11(3) of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”): article 11(3) concerns determinations of the Board as to whether a person’s training, qualifications and experience are equivalent to a Certificate of Completion of Training in general practice. This transitional provision is necessary because aspects of the 2003 Order concerning the General Practitioner Register are not due to be brought into force until 1st April 2006, and therefore article 16 (which is the provision in the 2003 Order itself that makes provision as to time limits for decisions), in its application to general practitioners, will not be brought into force until that date.