The National Health Service (Variation of the Areas of Greater Glasgow and Highland Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 2006

PART 1 GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Variation of the Areas of Greater Glasgow and Highland Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 2006.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) this Order shall come into force on 1st March 2006.

(3) Articles 3, 10, 11, and 12 shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order–

“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“the 1986 Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986(1);

“the 1995 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations(2);

“the Areas Order” means the National Health Service (Determination of Areas of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 1974(3);

“dental list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 4 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996(4);

“endowment property” means property of any kind, corporeal or incorporeal, (but not including heritable property) which is held as endowment property, or in or on trust, by Argyll and Clyde Health Board, or by Argyll and Clyde Health Board endowment trustees, or is otherwise held by or on behalf of Argyll and Clyde Health Board as endowment property or in or on trust, together with any rights, liabilities and obligations related thereto;

“list” means any of–

(a)

a dental list;

(b)

an ophthalmic list;

(c)

a pharmaceutical list;

(d)

a provisional pharmaceutical list;

“mobile practice” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the 1986 Regulations(5);

“ophthalmic list” in the case where the reference is to such a list prior to 1st April 2006, has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 6 of the 1986 Regulations(6) and, in any other case, means the first part of a list published in accordance with the regulations made under section 26(2)(a) of the Act(7) and in force on 1st April 2006;

“other rights and liabilities” means rights and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, not in connection with a contract of employment or related to any property;

“pharmaceutical list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 5 of the 1995 Regulations(8);

“primary medical services performers list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2004(9);

“property” means the property of any kind, corporeal or incorporeal, including endowment property, (but not including heritable property) of Argyll and Clyde Health Board, together with any rights, liabilities and obligations related thereto;

“provisional pharmaceutical list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 6 of the 1995 Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1986/965.

(2)

S.I. 1995/414.

(3)

S.I. 1974/266.

(4)

S.S.I. 1996/177. Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1998/1663, S.S.I. 1999/51, S.I. 1999/724, S.S.I. 2000/188 and 2004/37.

(5)

S.I. 1986/965. The definition of “mobile practice” was inserted by S.S.I. 2001/62.

(6)

S.I. 1986/965. Regulation 6 was amended by S.I. 1988/543, 1996/843, 1999/725, S.S.I. 1999/55, 2001/62, 2004/36 and 2004/169.

(7)

Section 19 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) (“the 2005 Act”) substitutes a new section 26(2) of the Act, which will come into force on 1st April 2006.

(8)

S.I. 1995/414. Regulation 5 was amended by S.I. 1997/696 and S.S.I. 1999/57.

(9)

S.S.I. 2004/114.