Scottish Statutory Instruments
National Health Service
Made
17th January 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
19th January 2012
Coming into force
26th February 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17E, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1978 c.29; section 17E was inserted by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46), section 22 and was amended by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 65, Schedule 4, paragraph 47 and Schedule 5 and by the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), section 2; section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), section 29 and Schedule 9, paragraph 24 and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60. Section 108(1) defines “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).