The National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 11th November 2006.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006;

“the Common Services Agency” means the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service;

“entry information” means information–

(a)

under section 57(3)(a) to (h) of the Act; or

(b)

prescribed in column 1 of Schedule 1,

contained in a particular individual’s entry in the register;

“the individual” means the individual whose information an entry in the register contains; and

“the register” means the central register for health and local authority purposes held by the Registrar General under section 57 of the Act.

Additional information to be held on the register and sources of that information

3.—(1) The information described in column 1 of Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of section 57(3)(i) of the Act (additional information which may be contained in a register entry).

(2) The persons described in column 2 of Schedule 1 are prescribed for the purposes of section 57(2)(f) of the Act (additional information held by persons or contained in places which may be used to create and maintain the register) in relation to the information described in the corresponding entry in column 1.

Information to be provided from the register and persons to whom it is to be provided

4.—(1) The information described in column 1 of Schedule 2 is prescribed for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Act (information which may be provided from the register) as information which may be provided under section 57(4).

(2) For the purposes of section 57(4) and (6) of the Act (additional persons, or persons of such descriptions, in relation to whom information may be provided), that information may be provided to the persons described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of Schedule 2.

D MACNIVEN

Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

2nd October 2006

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

GEORGE LYON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

3rd October 2006