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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/53</dc:identifier><dc:title>National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the national health service in Scotland.</dc:description><dc:date>1980-10-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-08-04</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-07-22</dct:valid>
					
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(Scotland) Act 1978</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-70A-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29/section/70A/2" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 70A(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-14-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13/section/14/3">s. 14(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-43-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13/section/43/3">s. 43(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect EffectId="key-b61dac64d520656b5f96f48f11f2ba4a" AffectedExtent="S" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" Type="inserted" AffectedYear="1978" AffectedNumber="29" Row="651" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectingNumber="13" AffectedProvisions="s. 85AB(7)" RequiresApplied="true" Modified="2024-04-30T09:44:41Z" AffectingYear="2005" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-b61dac64d520656b5f96f48f11f2ba4a" AffectingProvisions="sch. 2 para. 2(18)(b)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-85AB-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29/section/85AB/7" FoundRef="section-85AB">s. 85AB(7)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13/schedule/2">sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-2-18-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13/schedule/2/paragraph/2/18/b">para. 2(18)(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-43-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13/section/43/3">s. 43(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29" AffectingProvisions="s. 14(6)(a)" EffectId="key-082ff7a365f8c9fe97364ff8cca121cd" AffectedYear="1978" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-082ff7a365f8c9fe97364ff8cca121cd" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="true" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 11 para. 2(1A)" 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1978</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-16A-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29/section/16A/5" FoundRef="section-16A">s. 16A(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/5/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-2-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/5/schedule/2/paragraph/2/2">para. 2(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-27-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/5/section/27/2">s. 27(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect Modified="2021-07-30T16:24:23Z" RequiresApplied="true" AffectedProvisions="s. 70A" Comments="Editor: need to add amendment by 2005 asp 13, s. 12(2)(a) if this effect ever comes into force: &#34;(2) In the 1978 Act— (a) in section 70A(2) (personal dental services as respects which regulations under section 70A(1) may provide for the making and recovery of charges), for the words “other than those” substitute “except— (a) oral health assessments and dental examinations carried out on or after 1st April 2006; and (b) those services”;" EffectId="key-971cee9a149a6c6d18bbc9884ce6cb71" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-971cee9a149a6c6d18bbc9884ce6cb71" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingNumber="46" AffectedYear="1978" AffectingYear="1997" AppendedCommentary="(as amended (7.3.2006 for specified purposes and 1.4.2006 otherwise) by 2005 asp 13, ss. 12(2)(a), 43(3); S.S.I. 2005/492, art. 3(e), Sch. 3; S.S.I. 2006/121, art. 3(a), Sch. 1)" AffectedExtent="S" Row="100" Type="inserted" 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URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/3">s. 41(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedYear="1978" Comments="Repealed without ever being in force according to IIIF" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" Type="words repealed" AffectingYear="2003" AffectedExtent="S" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectedNumber="29" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 5(4)-(9) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of S.S.I. 2004/167, Sch. para. 7" AffectedProvisions="s. 19A(2)(b)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29" Modified="2024-04-30T09:44:41Z" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingNumber="4" RequiresApplied="false" EffectId="key-15e6289b449e2e110302e4ad5f274b32" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4" Row="305" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-15e6289b449e2e110302e4ad5f274b32" AffectingProvisions="sch. 4 para. 5(4)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-19A-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29/section/19A/2/b" FoundRef="section-19A">s. 19A(2)(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/schedule/4">sch. 4 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4-paragraph-5-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/schedule/4/paragraph/5/4">para. 5(4)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-21-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/section/21/2">s. 21(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedExtent="S" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-1d8a5be4e5c3bbc82f45f09dd5c89234" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4" AffectedProvisions="s. 19B(2)(a)" Comments="Repealed without ever being in force according to IIIF" AffectingNumber="4" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="words substituted" EffectId="key-1d8a5be4e5c3bbc82f45f09dd5c89234" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 5(4)-(9) omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of S.S.I. 2004/167, Sch. para. 7" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectedYear="1978" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29" AffectedNumber="29" AffectingProvisions="sch. 4 para. 5(5)(a)" Modified="2024-04-30T09:44:41Z" AffectingYear="2003" Row="306"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-19B-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29/section/19B/2/a" FoundRef="section-19B">s. 19B(2)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/schedule/4">sch. 4 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4-paragraph-5-5-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/schedule/4/paragraph/5/5/a">para. 5(5)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-21-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/4/section/21/2">s. 21(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/29" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-437c5239cb14209162b48e27e31d563d" AffectingYear="2003" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 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