SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON PART 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORM AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT 2002

PART 2STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992

58.

(1)

The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 199295 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), the definition of “FHSA” is omitted.

(3)

In regulation 10 (procedure on appeal), in paragraph (2), after “that Authority” there is inserted “or Trust”.

(4)

In regulation 15 (excessive prescribing by doctors), in paragraph (22), for sub-paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b)

the other two shall be engaged in the provision of general medical services, of whom one shall be nominated by the body mentioned in paragraph (3)(a)(ii) and the other shall be nominated by the Secretary of State.”.

(5)

In Schedule 7 (rules of procedure under regulation 18), in paragraph 2(1) for “either the FHSA” there is substituted “the Health Authority, Primary Care Trust”.

(6)

In Schedule 8 (forms for use in proceedings before tribunal)—

(a)

for “Family Health Services Authority” in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “(fa)”; and

(b)

after paragraph (f) in the notes, in both places, there is inserted—

“(fa)

whether Primary Care Trust (in England) or Health Authority (in Wales);”.