PART 1GENERAL
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Variation of Areas of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 2013.
2
With the exception of those articles mentioned in paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on 1st February 2014.
3
Articles 3, 4, and 8 come into force on 1st April 2014.
Interpretation2
In this Order:—
“dental list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 4 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 20102;
“list” means—
- a
a dental list;
- b
an ophthalmic list;
- c
a pharmaceutical list;
- d
a primary medical services performers list; or
- e
a provisional pharmaceutical list;
- a
“ophthalmic list” means a list maintained in accordance with regulation 6 of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 20063;
“pharmaceutical list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 5 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 20094;
“primary medical services performers list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 20045; and
“provisional pharmaceutical list” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 8 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
Variation of areas of Health Boards3
1
The area for which a Health Board specified in column A of the table in Schedule 1 is constituted is varied so that the area of that Health Board is the same as the combined area of each local government area listed in the corresponding entry in column B of the table.
2
In Column B of the table a reference to a local government area is to the area of the council of that name constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19946 as that area is specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act and amended by any instrument listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Revocation of Areas Order4
The National Health Service (Determination of Areas of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 19747 is revoked.