(1)In section 32 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (regulations as to sections 29 to 31) the power conferred by paragraph (a) (under which regulations are to provide for prescribing the procedure for the holding of inquiries) shall include power to provide for the procedure to be determined under regulations.
(2)Accordingly, that provision shall be amended as follows—
(a)for the words from the beginning to “by the Tribunal” there shall be substituted the words “ for inquiries ”;
(b)after “31” there shall be inserted “ to be held in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by or determined under the regulations ”;
(c)the words “securing that” shall be omitted;
(d)for “shall be”, in both places where those words occur, there shall be substituted “ to be ”;
(e)for “shall have” there shall be substituted “ to have ”;
(f)for “that the hearing” there shall be substituted “ for the hearing ”.