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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Functions of Health Boards (Scotland) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and

  • “healthcare” means the provision of any services under the act and includes the provision of goods;

  • “persons for whose health care each Health Board is responsible” has the meaning indicated by article 2.

(3)

Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is to the article of this Order which bears that number and any reference in an article to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article.