The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 of the principal Regulations to make clear that the Health Board to which the complaint should be addressed is the one on whose list the doctor (including when a deputy acted for him), dentist, optician or pharmacist was at the time of the matter which is the subject of the complaint. Regulations 2 and 3 amend regulations 3 and 8 respectively of the principal Regulations to extend the time limit during which a complaint against a dentist may be made. Regulations 4, 5 and 6 amend respectively regulations 11 and 12 of and Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to provide for an appeal to the Secretary of State by a complainer in circumstances where the Health Board determine that no further action should be taken on a complaint. Regulation 6 also amends paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to permit as of right any member of the Council on Tribunals or the Scottish Committee thereof to be present during the Service Committee’s deliberations following a hearing.