Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Fees) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2016.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“HIS” means Healthcare Improvement Scotland(1).
(3) In these Regulations, where a fee is expressed to be payable “per place”, the total fee payable in respect of the service is the sum shown multiplied by the maximum number of persons to whom the service may be provided in accordance with any condition for the time being in force in relation to registration of that service under the Act.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland was established by section 10A of the 1978 Act which was inserted by section 108 of the 2010 Act.