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National Health Service

Made 6th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th January 2016

Coming into force 8th February 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 4 and 11(a) and (c) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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f1: 1978 c.29. Paragraph 4 was amended by paragraph 1 of the schedule to the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5) (the “2009 Act”). Paragraph 11(a) was modified by section 1(7) of the 2009 Act for the specified Health Board areas in S.S.I. 2009/242; section 1(7) remains in force for those areas by virtue of article 3(1) of S.S.I. 2013/364. Section 108(1) contains definitions of “regulations” and “prescribed”. The relevant functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).