National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 27A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Secretary of State may—
(a)give directions to a Health Board requiring them to arrange for the provision to persons in their area of additional pharmaceutical services; or
(b)by giving directions to a Health Board authorise them to arrange for such provision if they wish to do so.
(2)Directions under this section may make different provision in relation to different services specified in the directions.
(3)The Secretary of State must publish any directions under this section in the Drug Tariff or in such other manner as he thinks appropriate.
(4)In this section—
“additional pharmaceutical services”, in relation to directions, means such services (of a kind that do not fall within section 27) as may be specified in the directions; and
“Drug Tariff” means the Drug Tariff published under regulation 9 of the M1National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 or under any corresponding provision replacing, or otherwise derived from, that regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27A inserted (15.8.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 27(2); S.I. 1997/1780, art. 2(1), Sch.
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