http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/13

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Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to prohibit smoking in certain wholly or substantially enclosed places; to enable the Scottish Ministers by order to vary the minimum age limit of those to whom tobacco may be sold; to make provision in relation to general dental services, general ophthalmic services, personal dental services, pharmaceutical care services and detection of vision problems in children; to make provision in relation to disqualification by the NHS Tribunal; to enable the Scottish Ministers to establish a scheme for the making of payments to certain persons infected with hepatitis C as a result of NHS treatment and to certain persons infected with the virus by transmission of it from a person infected with it as a result of such treatment; to amend the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as respects what constitutes an independent health care service, the implementation of certain decisions by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care or the Scottish Social Services Council, the provision of information to the Council and the minimum frequency of inspection of care services by the Commission; to make provision providing further time for applications to be made for registration of child care agencies and housing support services under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and provide authorisation for the payment of certain grants to such services while not registered under that Act; to amend the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 as respects authorisation of medical treatment; to amend the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 to introduce a right of appeal in certain cases under that Act; to enable the Scottish Ministers to form, participate in and provide assistance to companies for the purpose of providing facilities or services for persons exercising functions under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or of making money available to the health service in Scotland; to amend the rules as to membership of and other matters relating to the Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust; and for connected purposes.

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Part 3Pharmaceutical care services etc.

24Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services

After section 17X of the 1978 Act (as inserted by section 23 above), insert—

Assistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services
17YAssistance and support: primary medical services and pharmaceutical care services
1
A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—
a
any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;
b
any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements;
c
any person providing, or proposing to provide, pharmaceutical care services under a pharmaceutical care services contract.
2
Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.
3
In this section, “assistance” includes financial assistance.