These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/416) (“the principal Regulations”), which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 2 inserts a new regulation 7A into the principal Regulations. This regulation requires a Health Board or a primary care NHS trust to delete the name of any doctor from the medical list in certain circumstances.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 9 of the principal Regulations so that a Health Board or primary care NHS trust is required to include in its report to the Medical Practices Committee on the application, details of the declaration by an applicant doctor as to any criminal offences or action by his professional body or any licensing or regulatory body.

Regulation 4 amends Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations which sets out the information and undertakings to be included in an application for inclusion in the medical list. The additional declaration requires the applicant to state any convictions or current proceedings for a criminal offence or action by his professional body or any licensing or regulatory body.