The National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 191

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

Made

14th June 2000

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

15th June 2000

Coming into force

6th July 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 17F(1), (2) and (5), 19, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1978 c. 29. Section 17F was inserted by section 23(2) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46); section 19 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudication Act 1983 (c. 41) (“the 1983 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 2, by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 17(a) and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 37 and is to be read with the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; section 105(7) was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the 1983 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 24; and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the functions under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).