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Acceptance of eligible persons on to list of patients.
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3.— (1) Notwithstanding any relevant agreement but subject to subsection (2), a relevant medical practitioner who has entered into an agreement with the Executive (whether before, on or after the commencement of this section) to provide relevant services shall, on and after that commencement, be entitled to accept, on to his or her list of patients, any eligible person who has nominated the practitioner as his or her practitioner of choice in the provision of such services.
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(2) A relevant medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1) shall not exercise the entitlement referred to in that subsection if to do so would cause the number of eligible persons on his or her list of patients to exceed the number of eligible persons that he or she is permitted, under the General Medical Services Scheme, to accept on to that list.
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