These Regulations prescribe the description of “primary medical services” for the purposes of section 14Z31(5)(a), (b) and (c) of the National Health Service Act 2006. It does so by reference to the services described in regulation 17(4), (6), (7) and (9) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1862) provided to registered patients during core hours (as defined in regulation 2(2) of these Regulations).