Scottish Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Made
1st December 2005
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
1st December 2005
Coming into force
23rd December 2005
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(2), 69(1) and (2), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
1978 c. 29; section 27(2) was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(3), amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7)(b) and is extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17(1); section 105(7), which contains provisions relevant to the making of regulations, was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, Part 1, paragraph 24 and 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 powers 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).