1999 No. 686 (S. 47)
The Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 1999
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1)(b), (1A), (1B) and (1C) and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Interpretation2
1
For the purposes of this Order unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“the Board” means the Special Health Board, to be known by the name of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board, which is constituted by this Order.
2
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to an article or Schedule is to an article of, or the Schedule to, this Order and a reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of the article in which the reference is made.
Constitution, name and area of the Board3
There is hereby constituted a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known by the name of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board.
Functions of the Board4
1
The Board shall exercise the following functions of the Secretary of State namely:–
a
the function specified in section 45 of the Act of providing ambulances and other means of transport for the conveyance of persons suffering from illness or of expectant or nursing mothers or of other persons for whom such transport is reasonably required to avail themselves of any service under the Act;
b
functions specified in paragraph (2) subject, however, to any limitations there specified.
2
The functions specified in this paragraph are as follows:–
a
the power of the Secretary of State to assist voluntary organisations under section 16 of the Act2;
b
the power of the Secretary of State under section 16B of the Act3 to give financial assistance to voluntary organisations limited to assistance to such organisations whose activities consist in or include the provision of services similar to services provided by the Board or for the provision of which the Board is under a duty to make arrangements by virtue of the Act and the assistance so given is given on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury might determine;
c
the duty of the Secretary of State under section 36(1) of the Act to provide throughout Scotland, to such extent as the Board considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements for accommodation and associated services;
d
the duty of the Secretary of State under section 37 of the Act to make arrangements to such extent as the Board considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements for the purposes of the prevention of illness, the care of persons suffering from such illness or the after-care of such persons;
e
the power of the Secretary of State under section 42 of the Act to disseminate information relating to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention of illness;
f
the duty of the Secretary of State under section 47 of the Act to make available such facilities as appear to the Board to be reasonably necessary for undergraduate and post-graduate clinical teaching and research and for the education and training of persons providing or intending to provide services under the Act and to conduct or assist by grants or otherwise under that section research into any matters relating to the causation, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, or into other matters relating to the health service;
g
the power of the Secretary of State under section 48 of the Act to provide on such terms and conditions as may be agreed residential accommodation for officers employed for the purposes of any functions of the Board under this Order, including residential and practice accommodation for medical and dental practitioners;
h
the powers of the Secretary of State under section 79(1) of the Act4 to take on lease or to purchase moveable property and land which is required for the purposes of the Board and to use for those purposes and manage any heritable or moveable property so acquired;
i
the powers of the Secretary of State under subsection (1A) of section 79 of the Act5 to dispose of land no longer required for the purposes of the Board disregarding so much of that subsection as relates to the function of the Secretary of State to authorise certain officers to execute instruments on his behalf;
j
the power of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act6, as applied in relation to the Board by article 5, to pay remuneration to the Chairman of the Board and to such other members thereof as may be prescribed so, however, that this sub-paragraph shall not be construed as extending to the power to determine the remuneration or to prescribe the members to whom it may be paid;
k
the power of the Secretary of State under paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Act, as applied in relation to the Board by article 5, to pay to members of the Board, and any committees and sub-committees thereof, travelling and other allowances so however, that this sub-paragraph shall not be construed as extending to the power to determine the amount of such allowances; and
l
the duty of the Secretary of State under paragraph 23 of Schedule 7A to the Act7 to remunerate an NHS trust in respect of the provision of goods and services in accordance with that paragraph, but not including the power of the Secretary of State to determine the rate or rates appropriate for such remuneration.
3
In exercising any functions of the Secretary of State to acquire, use, manage or dispose of land the Board shall ensure–
a
that any instrument in connection with the exercise of those functions is in the name of the Secretary of State for Scotland and not that of the Board; and
b
that, where any such instrument requires to be executed on his behalf by the Secretary of State for Scotland and it is not executed in accordance with section 1(8) of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 19398, it is executed on his behalf in accordance with section 79(1A) of the Act.
Application of enactments5
1
Each of the enactments specified in column 1 of each Part of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described generally in column 2) shall apply in relation to the Board as it applies in relation to Health Boards subject, however, to the modifications and limitations (if any) specified opposite thereto in column 3 and to paragraph (2).
2
The enactments which are applied in relation to the Board by virtue of paragraph (1) are so applied only for the purposes of the exercise by the Board of the functions conferred on it by this Order.
SCHEDULEENACTMENTS APPLIED TO THE BOARD
PART ITHE ACT
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
In the Act– | ||
In Part I | ||
In Section 2– | Health Boards | |
Subsection (3) | Variation of area and functions of Health Board | |
Subsection (4) | Provisions incidental to variation of area or functions of Health Boards | |
Subsection (5) | Health Boards to act in accordance with regulations or directions(9 | |
Subsection (8) | Health Board to act as principal | |
In section 10– | Common Services Agency | |
Subsection (4) | Power to provide that functions of Health Boards may be referred to the Agency(10 | |
Section 13 | Co-operation between Health Boards and other Authorities(11 | |
In Section 15– | ||
Subsection (1)(b) | Supply of goods to local and education authorities and other public bodies | |
Subsection (1)(c) | Provision of services to local and education authorities(12 | |
Subsection (1)(d) | Use of health service premises by local and education authorities | |
Subsection (1)(e) | Use of health service vehicles etc. by local and education authorities | |
Subsection (2) | Arrangements with third parties for the supply of goods and materials | Applied so far as it relates to subsection (1)(b). |
Section 17A | Power to enter into arrangements with NHS bodies for the provision of goods and services (“NHS contracts”)(13 | |
In Part IV | ||
Section 57 | Provision of accommodation and services for private resident patients | |
Section 77 | Default powers(14 | |
In Part V | ||
In Section 79– | ||
Subsection (1A) | Power of Secretary of State to dispose of land and, where he has delegated any function relating to the acquisition, management or disposal of land, power to authorise any officer of a Health Board to execute any instrument on his behalf | |
Subsection (3) | Power to acquire moveable property on behalf of the Secretary of State | |
Section 82 | Use and administration of certain endowments and other property held by Health Boards | |
In Section 83– | ||
Subsection (1) | Power to hold property on trust | |
Section 84 | Power to trustees to make payments to Health Boards(15 | |
Section 84A | Power to raise money and property by appeals, collections and other similar activities(16 | |
In Section 85– | ||
Subsection (1) | Payment of expenses of certain bodies(17 | |
Subsection (2A) | Power to make directions to bodies listed in subsection (1)(18 | |
In Section 85A– | ||
Subsection (1) | Duty of bodies referred to in section 85(1) as regards expenditure(19 | |
Subsection (3) | Power to make directions in relation to duty under subsection (1) | |
Subsection (4) | Disregard for the purposes of the section of certain trust funds | |
Section 85B | Power to make provision for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health service bodies(20 | |
Section 86 | Provisions in relation to the keeping and auditing of accounts, to their submission to the Secretary of State(21 | |
Section 87 | Power to make regulations as to financial arrangements of health service bodies | |
In Part VII | ||
Section 98 | Charges in respect of non-residents | |
Section 99 | Evasion of charges | |
In Part VIII– | ||
Section 101 | Protection of Health Boards(22 | |
In Schedule 1– | Health Boards | |
Paragraph 1 | Health Boards to be bodies corporate and have a common seal | |
Paragraph 2 | Appointment of Chairman and members | |
Paragraph 4 | Payment of remuneration to the Chairman and such members of Health Boards as may be prescribed(23 | |
Paragraph 5 | Employment of officers and servants(24 | |
Paragraph 6 | Power to make regulations as to method of appointment, qualifications, remuneration and conditions of service of officers and servants | |
Paragraph 7 | Officers and servants employed in accordance with regulations and directions(25 | |
Paragraph 7A | Power to make regulations providing for transfer of officers and servants(26 | |
Paragraph 7B | Directions to Health Boards to place officers or servants at disposal of other bodies(27 | |
Paragraph 10 | Proof of instruments | |
Paragraph 11 | Power to make regulations as to appointment, committees and procedure(28 | |
Paragraph 11A | Subscription to funds of other bodies(29 | |
Paragraph 12 | Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies | |
Paragraph 13 | Payment to members of a Health Board, the Committees and sub- committees thereof of travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time | The words “, including compensation for loss of remunerative time,” shall be omitted. |
Paragraph 14 | Allowances not payable except in circumstances determined by the Secretary of State | |
Paragraph 15 | Time and method of payment of allowances | |
In Schedule 5– | Common Services Agency | |
Paragraph 7B | Power to make regulations providing for the transfer of officers and servants(30 | |
Paragraph 7C | Power to make directions as to placing of staff with other bodies(31 | |
In Schedule 7A– | National Health Service Trusts(32 | |
Paragraph 13 | Power to enter into arrangements for carrying out functions with other bodies |
PART IIACTS OTHER THAN THE ACT
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960(33 | Admission of the public to meetings | |
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975(34 | ||
In Schedule 1, Part III the entry relating to Chairman or any member, not being also an employee, of a Health Board(35 Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980(36 | Offices disqualifying for membership of the House of Commons | |
Section 2(1)(a) and (c) | Powers of National Health Service bodies in Scotland to enter into and carry out agreements to furnish technical assistance outside the UK. | |
Schedule 1(37 Statutory bodies with powers under | Limited to the section 2(1) | reference in Part IV to “A Health Board”. |
Health and Medicines Act 1988(38 | ||
Section 7(1)-(8) | Extension of powers of Secretary of State for financing the Health Service | |
Health Service Commissioners Act 1993(39 Scotland | Provisions for investigations by the Health Service Commissioner for |
PART IIIENACTMENTS OTHER THAN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
The National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(40 Professions Supplementary to | Prohibits employment for provision of services under the National Health Service of certain health professions unless they are registered under the Medicine Act 1960(41 | |
The National Health Service (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(42 | Preparation of estimates of income and expenditure and accounts of Health Boards and related matters of a financial nature Local Health | Limited so as to exclude the application of any provisions relative to Councils or the Common Services Agency. |
The National Health Service (Food Premises) (Scotland) Regulations 1987(43 Regulations) as both owners and | Health authorities (including Health Boards) to be treated for the purpose of food legislation (as defined in the occupiers of premises used by them | |
The National Health Service (Remuneration and Conditions of Service) (Scotland) Regulations 1991(44 The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (No.2) Regulations 1991(45 | The determination of remuneration and conditions of service of officers of Health Boards Provision as to the membership and procedure to be applied by Health Boards (b) and (c). | Limited so as to exclude application of regulation 6(1)(a), |
The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Regulations 1993(46 practitioner to the post of community | Appointment as an officer of a Health Board of any registered medical or dental practitioner to the post of consultant or of any registered medical medicine specialist |
(This note is not part of the Order)