PART 5Scotland

National Health Service (Scotland) Act 197825

1

The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 197837 is amended as follows.

2

In section 17A(2)38 (persons or bodies who may enter into NHS contracts)—

a

for paragraph (l) substitute—

l

the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being;

b

for paragraph (n) substitute—

n

the Regional Business Services Organisation;

c

in paragraph (p), for “Health and Social Services trusts” substitute “Health and Social Care trusts”.

3

In section 17B39 (reimbursement of Health Boards’ costs)—

a

in subsection (1), for “Health and Social Services Board” substitute “Health and Social Care trust”;

b

for subsection (4) substitute—

4

In subsection (1)—

a

“Health and Social Care trust” means a Health and Social Care trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)); and

b

the reference to a function of a Health and Social Care trust is a reference to a function of such a trust mentioned in Article 10(1) of that Order.

4

In Schedule 7A40 (National Health Service trusts), in paragraph 22(1)—

a

in paragraph (c), at the end insert “or is within the functions of a Health and Social Care trust mentioned in Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1))”;

b

in the words following paragraph (c), for “Health and Social Services Board” substitute “Health and Social Care trust”.

Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 200326

In section 16 of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 200341 (interpretation), in the definition of “Northern Ireland authority”, for the words from “any authority” to the end substitute “an authority within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 199542”.

Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 200727

In section 55 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 200743 (connections between the register and birth records)—

a

in subsection (4)(c), for “Board” substitute “HSC trust”;

b

in subsection (5)(c), for “Board” substitute “HSC trust”;

c

in subsection (8), for the definition of “Board” substitute—

  • “HSC trust” means a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)),