Amendment of the principal Regulations
2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation and application), in each of the definitions of “joint discipline committee”, and “pharmaceutical discipline committee(1)”, for “National Health Service (Service Committee and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992”, substitute “National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(2)”.
(3) In regulation 9(1) (payments to pharmacists and standards of drugs and appliances)(3) after sub-paragraph (h), insert–
“; and
(i)the fees, allowances and remuneration payable for the provision of such directed services as may be specified.”.
(4) In Schedule 1, paragraph 2 (incorporation of provisions of regulations etc.)(4) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute–
“(d)so much of the National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(5) as relates to–
(i)the investigation of disciplinary m atters relating to pharmacists and pharmacist contractors and other investigations to be made by the pharmaceutical discipline committee and the joint discipline committee and the action which may be taken by the Board as a result of such investigations, including the withholding of remuneration from pharmacists and pharmacist contractors where there has been a breach of the terms of service;
(ii)appeals to the Scottish Ministers from decisions of the Board; and
(e)the National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 2004(6).”.
The definitions of “joint discipline committee” and “pharmaceutical discipline committee” were inserted by S.I. 1996/840.
Regulation 9(1) was amended by S.I. 1997/696, 1999/57 and S.S.I. 2002/111.
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 1999/57.
S.S.I. 2004/38, as amended by S.S.I. 2004/122 and 271, 2005/335 and 2006/122.