Amendment of National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978

4.  In section 11 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) (Scottish Hospital Trust)–

(a) in subsection (5), for the words from “cause such” to the end substitute “send the accounts to the Scottish Ministers by such time as they may direct”; and

(b) after that subsection insert–

“(5A) The Scottish Ministers shall send the accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.”.

(1)

1978 c. 29. Section 11 was relevantly amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 66(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 19(2).