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Scottish Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Made
8th February 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
9th February 2000
Coming into force
1st March 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M1 and sections 21, 22 and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978M2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Marginal Citations
M11972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 M3.
(3) In these Regulations “primary care NHS trust" means an NHS trust to which certain functions referred to in section 12AA of the Act M4 are delegated by the Health Board.
(4) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Marginal Citations
M3S.I. 1998/5, amended by S.I. 1998/669.
M4Section 12AA was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 47
2. In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (experience and certificates required)–
(a)in paragraph (2) after the words “Health Board" there is inserted “ or primary care NHS trust ”; and
(b)in paragraph (3) after the words “Health Board" there is inserted “ or primary care NHS trust ”.
3. In regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (appeal bodies) in paragraph 3(d) after the words “Health Board" where they first appear there is inserted “ or primary care NHS trust ”.
SUSAN DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
8th February 2000
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/5) (“the principal Regulations"), which prescribe the medical experience which a medical practitioner is required to have acquired before being included in a Health Board’s list of practitioners undertaking to provide general medical services.
These Regulations amend the principal Regulations to include reference, where appropriate, to primary care NHS trusts to which responsibility for certain functions mentioned in Part II of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29) are delegated by Health Boards.