Scottish Statutory Instruments
National Health Service
Made
6th January 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
8th January 2016
Coming into force
8th February 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 4 and 11(a) and (c) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1978 c.29. Paragraph 4 was amended by paragraph 1 of the schedule to the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5) (the “2009 Act”). Paragraph 11(a) was modified by section 1(7) of the 2009 Act for the specified Health Board areas in S.S.I. 2009/242; section 1(7) remains in force for those areas by virtue of article 3(1) of S.S.I. 2013/364. Section 108(1) contains definitions of “regulations” and “prescribed”. The relevant functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).