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Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985 in Scotland

1985 c. 42 · Enacted 16 July 1985 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

Not fully up to date. 4 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 1 April 2012.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
s. 1(1)words repealedHealth and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Sch. 14 Pt. 2
s. 1(1B)repealedHealth and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Sch. 14 Pt. 2
s. 1(1C)(a)repealedHealth and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Sch. 14 Pt. 2
s. 1(3)(a)repealedHealth and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Sch. 14 Pt. 2

F1An Act to oblige health authorities in England and Wales and Health Boards in Scotland to establish a complaints procedure for hospital patients and to draw such a procedure to the attention of patients.

[16th July 1985]

I1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2012) by Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 5), ss. 16, 26(3) (with ss. 18(3), 20); S.S.I. 2012/35, art. 2(a)

Commencement

I1

Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 2(2)

Contents

  1. 1A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  2. 2Short title, commencement and extent.

1A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

2Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985.

C1(2)

This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(3)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.