Amendment of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 2008
2. In article 2 of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 2008(1)—
(a)in paragraph (d) after “services” insert “, including the national procurement of clinical services,”;
(b)in paragraph (e) omit “to make arrangements with medical practitioners for the vaccination or immunisation of persons against yellow fever, either by medical practitioners or by persons acting under their control”;
(c)in paragraph (f) omit “other than where the Health Protection Agency is exercising functions under the Health Protection Agency (Scottish Health Functions) Order 2006”;
(d)in paragraph (g) omit “to provide supplies of human blood for the purposes of carrying out blood transfusion, or provide material which has come from a human body and consists of, or includes, human cells, and provide related services for the purpose of or in the course of, providing any service in relation to the health service”;
(e)after paragraph (l) insert—
“(la)exercise the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 47 of the Act;”;
(f)in paragraph (m)—
(i)after “Agency” insert “, HIS, Health Boards and Special Health Boards”; and
(ii)omit the final “and”; and
(g)at the end of paragraph (n) insert—
“; and
(o)exercise the functions of the Scottish Ministers under section 84B of the Act (power to form companies etc)(2).”.
S.S.I. 2008/312, as amended by S.S.I. 2011/211.
Section 84B was inserted by section 37(1) of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) and amended by S.I. 2009/1941. Further amendments to this section are made by section 66 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 which is not yet in force.