This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.S.I. 2003/64, and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Instrument.

2003 No. 298

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary Lists) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19, 24B, 24C(2), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary Lists) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th June 2003.

2

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 20032.

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations2

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations omit the definition of “medical practitioner”.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations3

In regulation 5(3) of the principal Regulations for “Subject to paragraph (5) the” substitute “The”.

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations4

In regulation 6(6) of the principal Regulations for “doctor” substitute “medical practitioner”.

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations5

In regulation 8(4)(a) of the principal Regulations–

a

after “after” insert “the”; and

b

after “registration” insert “as a medical practitioner, being registration in the United Kingdom or anywhere in the world”.

Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations6

In regulation 9(2)(b) of the principal Regulations for “he” substitute “the applicant”.

Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations7

In regulation 11(4) of the principal Regulations for “medical list” substitute “supplementary list”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLMA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (“the principal Regulations”) which made provision for the preparation and keeping, by Health Boards, of lists of medical practitioners approved to assist in the provision of general medical services.

These Regulations make minor amendments to the principal Regulations.

Regulation 2 removes the definition of “medical practitioner” in the principal Regulations. A definition of “medical practitioner” is already contained in section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 3 removes the unnecessary reference to sub-paragraph (5) in regulation 5(3) of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 corrects the reference to “doctor” in regulation 6(6) of the principal Regulations to be a reference to a medical practitioner.

Regulation 5 clarifies the meaning of “date of first registration” in regulation 8(4)(a) of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 9(2)(b) of the principal Regulations to read in gender neutral terms.

Regulation 7 corrects the reference to “the medical list” in regulation 11(4) of the principal Regulations to be a reference to the supplementary list.