Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 160
National Health Service
The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015
Made
31st March 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
2nd April 2015
Coming into force
17th May 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69 and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1978 c.29. Section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), section 29(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 24, and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60. Section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory power under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).