Transitional provisions
17.—(1) Where, before the date on which these Regulations come into force a Health Board has referred a matter to another Health Board for investigation by that Health Board’s appropriate discipline committee under regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992(1)(“the 1992 Regulations”), the provisions of those Regulations shall, notwithstanding regulation 18 (revocations) continue to apply on or after that date, as respects any investigation, hearing, direction or report which by virtue of any provision of the 1992 Regulations falls to be investigated, held or made in relation to any such matter or in relation to an appeal to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Notwithstanding regulation 18 (revocations), a Health Board shall be entitled to consider in terms of regulation 4(1) any report prepared by an ophthalmic officer in terms of regulation 20 of the 1992 Regulations (investigation of excessive testing of sight and/or excessive issuing of vouchers)(2)irrespective of whether such a report was received by the Health Board prior to, or after, the date on which these Regulations come into force.
S.I. 1992/434, amended by S.I. 1994/3038, 1995/3201, 1996/938, 1998/1424, S.S.I. 1999/53, S.I. 2000/3135, S.S.I. 2004/38, 2005/118,122 and 334 and 2006/139.
Regulation 20 was inserted by S.S.I. 1999/53 and amended by S.S.I. 2005/118.