The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018

This S.S.I. has been made in consequence of defects in S.S.I. 2018/66 and S.S.I. 2018/67 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those instruments.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 94

National Health Service

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018

Made

14th March 2018

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

14th March 2018

Coming into force

1st April 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(6), 17A(6), 17E, 17K, 17L, 17N, 17O, 105(7) and 106(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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1978 c.29. Section 17A was inserted by section 30 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”). Section 17A was moved under a new heading entitled “NHS Contracts” by section 31 of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46) (“the 1997 Act”). Section 17E was inserted by section 22(2) of the 1997 Act and amended by paragraph 47 of schedule 4 and paragraph 1 of schedule 5 of the Health Act 1999 (c.8) (“the 1999 Act”) and section 2(4) of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1) (“the 2004 Act”). Sections 17K, 17N and 17O were inserted by section 4 of the 2004 Act. Section 17L was substituted by section 39(1) of the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 3). Section 105(7) was amended by paragraph 5 of schedule 6 and schedule 7 of the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), paragraph 24 of schedule 9 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41) and paragraph 60 of schedule 4 of the 1999 Act. Section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the statutory powers 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).