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—

    1. a

      a dental list;

    2. b

      an ophthalmic list;

    3. c

      a pharmaceutical list;

    4. d

      a primary medical services performers list; or

    5. e

      a provisional pharmaceutical list;

  • “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.