The National Health Service (Remuneration and Conditions of Service) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Remuneration and Conditions of Service) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“authority” means a Health Board or the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service;

“conditions of service” does not include remuneration;

“direction” means a direction given by the Secretary of State in exercise of a power conferred by the 1978 Act;

“negotiations” in relation to a class of officer means negotiations taking place within a body recognised by the Secretary of State as being proper for the purposes of negotiating remuneration and conditions of service for that class of officer;

“officer” means an officer or servant of an authority.

(3) Where a minimum or a maximum remuneration is agreed and approved or authorised for a class of officer, or is determined for an officer or a class of officer, references in regulation 2 of these Regulations to an officer’s remuneration being that agreed and approved or authorised or that determined are to his remuneration being no less than any minimum remuneration, and no more than any maximum remuneration, applicable to his case.