Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes modifications to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”). These modifications are for the purposes, or in consequence, of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) and include modifications in consequence of changes to the law applicable to Northern Ireland by the Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 corresponding to the changes made to the 1978 Act by the 2004 Act.
Article 1 of the Order provides that the modifications will have effect from 1st February 2006.
The modifications are set out in article 2 of the Order.