SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29)

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(1)

The 1978 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 16A (payments by Health Boards towards expenditure of others on community services), after subsection (4) there is added—

“(5)

This section is without prejudice to section 13 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5) (payments by NHS bodies towards certain local authority expenditure).”.

F1(3)

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(4)

In section 29 (the NHS Tribunal)—

F2(a)

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(b)

in subsection (8)—

F3(i)

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F4(ii)

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(iii)

for the words “this Part” there is substituted “ or by virtue of this Part or Part I of this Act ”.

(5)

In section 29A (the NHS Tribunal: supplementary)—

(a)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), after the word “providing” there is inserted “ , or as the case may be performing, ”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (b), after the word “provision” there is inserted “ , or performance, ”; and

F5(b)

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(6)

In section 29B (powers of NHS Tribunal)—

F6(a)

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F7(b)

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F8(c)

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F9(7)

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F9(8)

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(9)

In section 32A (applications for interim suspension)—

(a)

in subsection (2A)(a), after the word “Part” there is inserted “ , section 17C arrangements or a pilot scheme ”;

F10(b)

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F11(c)

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(10)

In section 32B—

(a)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for the words “direction under section 29(3)(b)” there is substituted “ national disqualification ”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for the words “that direction” there is substituted “ the disqualification ”; and

F12(b)

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F13(11)

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(12)

In section 108(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate places there are inserted—

F14“...”;

““pilot scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46);”;

““services list” has the meaning indicated in section 17EA(2);”;

““supplementary list” has the meaning indicated in section 24B(2);”.

(13)

In paragraph 17 of Schedule 7A, at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section 15(4)(c) of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5),”.