http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/59/introduction/madeThe National Health Service (Payments and Remission of Charges) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017enKing's Printer for Scotland2017-03-08NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) and the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”). This SSI has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2015/333 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument. 2017 No. 59 Made 1st March 2017 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd March 2017 Coming into force 1st April 2017 The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A and 105(7), and paragraph 2A of schedule 11, of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and all other powers enabling them to do so. 1978 c.29. Section 75A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c.7), section 14(2) and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), schedule 2, paragraph 13; the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46), schedule 2, paragraph 50 and by S.I. 1998/2385; S.S.I. 2010/283 and S.S.I. 2013/177. Section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), schedule 6, paragraph 5 and schedule 7; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), schedule 9, Part I, paragraph 24; and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), schedule 4 paragraph 60. Paragraph 2A of schedule 11 was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48), schedule 1, Part II, paragraph 7 and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 13(2) and (5) and the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), section 13. Section 108(1) contains definitions of “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).