Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46)
112.—(1) The Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 8(2)(c) (individuals and bodies entitled to complain), after “Parliament” there is inserted “or out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund”.
(3) In section 14 (reports by commissioners)(1), after “member of the House of Commons” in each place where those words appear there is inserted “or member of the Scottish Parliament”.
(4) In Schedule 1 (the Commissioners)–
(a)in paragraph 1(2)(b), at the beginning there is inserted “except in the case of the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland”;
(b)after paragraph 1(2)(b), there is inserted–
“or
(c)in the case of the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland may be removed from office by Her Majesty in consequence of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament;”;
(c)in paragraph 4–
(i)at beginning there is inserted “(a)”; and
(ii)at the end there is inserted–
“(b)in relation to the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland the reference in subparagraph (a) above to the House of Commons shall be construed as a reference to the Scottish Parliament.”; and
(d)in paragraph 14, after “Commissioner” there is inserted “except the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland”.
Section 14 was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 126(4) and by the Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 1996 (c. 5), section 10 and Schedule 1, paragraph 5.