http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/34/madeThe Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Reports) Regulations 2011National Health Service (NHS)Health and safety inspectionsHealth care services and specialismsService Level AgreementsenKing's Printer for Scotland2014-07-25NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICEPUBLIC HEALTH These Regulations make provision relating to reports prepared by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) under section 10N of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Act”). 2011 No. 34 National Health Service Public Health The Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Reports) Regulations 2011 Made 20th January 2011 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 24th January 2011 Coming into force 1st April 2011 The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section10N(4) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and all other powers enabling them to do so. Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Reports) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1stApril 2011. Reports to the Scottish Ministers 2 On completion of an inspection under section10M (inspections at the request of the Scottish Ministers) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Healthcare Improvement Scotland must send a copy of the report on the matters inspected to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable. SHONA ROBISON Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
20th January 2011 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision relating to reports prepared by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) under section 10N of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 provides that HIS must send a copy of any report prepared after an inspection under section 10M of the Act to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable.

 1978 c.29; section 10N was inserted into the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (the “1978 Act”) by section 108 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8) (the “2010 Act”). Section10M was inserted into the 1978 Act by section108 of the 2010 Act. Healthcare Improvement Scotland is established under section10A of the 1978 Act, as inserted by section108 of the 2010 Act.