xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Scottish Statutory Instruments
National Health Service
Made
13th March 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th March 2012
Coming into force
1st May 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98 and 105 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1978 c.29. Section 98 was amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 7(13) and (14). Section 105(7), which 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), Schedule 9, paragraph 24 and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60, contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the powers under which these Regulations are made. 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 the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 53.