Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate the following Regulations:—
(a)NHS (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990;
(b)NHS (Fund-Holding Practices) (General) (Scotland) Regulations 1991;
(c)NHS (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992.
The Regulations also incorporate new provisions specifying the additional purposes for which members of a recognised fundholding practice may use the sum allotted to them for the purchase of health care for their patients, and for the recovery of amounts applied by the members of a recognised fundholding practice otherwise than in accordance with the regulations.