# The Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Applications and Registration) Regulations 2011, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“HIS” means Healthcare Improvement Scotland;
“the applicant” means the person making an application for registration of an independent health care service under the Act;
“address” means a postal address and, where available, an electronic mail address but an electronic mail address may not be substituted for a postal address;
“health body” means a Health Board or Special Health Board;
“manager” means the person who is to manage the independent health care service;
“provider” in relation to an independent health care service means the person registered to provide that service; and
“service user” in relation to an independent health care service means any person to whom that service is provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/35/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/healthcare-improvement-scotland-applications-and-registration-regulations-2011/regulation-2
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