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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, in relation to Scotland, further provisions of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the Health Act”).

The provisions which are brought into force relate to the recovery of charges and payments where a person fails to pay an NHS charge or receives a payment or benefit towards the cost of an NHS charge or service to which he is not entitled.