The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts, Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements and Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 93

National Health Service

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts, Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements and Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Made

4th March 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

5th March 2010

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17E, 17K, 17L(1), 17N, 17P, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

(1)

1978 c.29; section 17E was inserted by section 22 of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46) and was amended by Schedule 4, paragraph 47 and Schedule 5 of the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 2 of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1) (“the 2004 Act”) and S.I. 2003/1250; sections 17K, 17L and 17N were inserted by section 4 the 2004 Act; section 17P was inserted by section 5(2) of the 2004 Act and extended by section 17 (as amended by S.S.I. 2004/167) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49); section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.52), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), Schedule 9, Part I, paragraph 24 and the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).