Scottish Statutory Instruments
National Health Service
Made
26th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
2nd March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 70(1), 73(a), 74(a), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and paragraphs 2 and 2A of Schedule 11 to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1), and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1978 c.29. Section 70(1) was amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49) (“the 1988 Act”) Schedule 3. Section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53) (“the 1980 Act”) Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41) Schedule 9, Part I, paragraph 24 and 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 statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 was substituted by the 1988 Act section 11 and Schedule 2, paragraph 15(1) and Schedule 3 and amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) Schedules 1 and 8 and the 1980 Act Schedule 5. Paragraph 2A of Schedule 11 was inserted by the 1984 Act Schedule 1, Part II, paragraph 7 and amended by the 1988 Act section 13(2) and (5), and the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) section 13. 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).