These Regulations specify the information which is to be provided by a person who makes an application for registration of an independent healthcare service under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (the “Act”). Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 prescribe the information (and the matters to which that information relates) which an application must contain. This information is in addition to any information which HIS, acting under section 10P(2)(c) of the Act, may reasonably require the applicant to give in the application.

Regulation 4 sets out who may not apply to provide an independent healthcare service and regulation 5 provides that HIS shall inform a service on registration what other information it requires from the service, and what records must be kept.

Regulation 6 provides that HIS shall keep a register of all independent healthcare services, to contain the information specified in Schedule 2 and regulation 7 makes provision as to access to that register.

The Regulations also specify the information to be provided by a person who makes an application for variation removal or addition of a condition of registration relating to registration of a care service (regulation 8) or cancellation of a care service (regulation 9).

Regulation 10 sets out the information a certificate of registration must contain.