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National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 in Scotland

1990 c. 19 · Enacted 29 June 1990 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 22 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 1 July 2022.

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Sch. 9 para. 19(2) (24)repealedPublic Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 sch. 4 para. 11(b)
s. 29(3)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(19)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(21)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(22)(b)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(22)(d)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
s. 29(4)(a)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
s. 29(4)(c)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
s. 31-33repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 6repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(4)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(7)(a)(ii)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(11)-(14)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(16)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 19(17)repealedNational Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 sch. 2
Sch. 9 para. 4repealedPublic Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 Sch. 3 Pt. 1
s. 11(7)repealedHealth Act 2006 Sch. 9
s. 20(2)repealedHealth Act 2006 Sch. 9
Sch. 2 para. 24repealedHealth Act 2006 Sch. 9
s. 4A(1)(c) and wordaddedSmoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 2006 Sch. para. 5(a)(ii)
s. 4A(1)(a)word omittedSmoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 2006 Sch. para. 5(a)(i)
s. 4A(3)words omittedSmoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 2006 Sch. para. 5(b)

An Act to make further provision about health authorities and other bodies constituted in accordance with the National Health Service Act 1977; to provide for the establishment of National Health Service trusts; to make further provision about the financing of the practices of medical practitioners; to amend Part VII of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982; to amend the National Health Service Act 1977 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; to amend Part VIII of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984; to make further provision concerning the provision of accommodation and other welfare services by local authorities and the powers of the Secretary of State as respects the social services functions of such authorities; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Clinical Standards Advisory Group; to repeal the Health Services Act 1976; and for connected purposes.

[29th June 1990]

Be 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:—

Contents

  1. Part I: The National Health Service: England and Wales
  2. Fund-holding practices
  3. 15Payments to recognised fund-holding practices.
  4. Part II: The National Health Service: Scotland
  5. Health Boards and other bodies
  6. 27Health Boards, the Common Services Agency and state hospitals.
  7. 28Special Health Boards.
  8. 29Scottish advisory bodies.
  9. 30NHS contracts.
  10. National Health Service trusts
  11. 31National Health Service trusts.
  12. 32Further provision relating to NHS trusts.
  13. 33Trust property of NHS trusts.
  14. Fund-holding practices
  15. 34Fund-holding practices.
  16. Indicative amounts
  17. 35Indicative amounts for doctors’ practices.
  18. Audit
  19. 36Accounts and audit of NHS trusts and fund-holding practices.
  20. Miscellaneous
  21. 37Relationship of Health Boards and medical practitioners.
  22. 38Scottish Medical Practices Committee.
  23. 39Distribution of general medical services.
  24. 40Limitations on right to be included on list of dental practitioners. Repealed
  25. 41Schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health service bodies.
  26. Part III: Community Care: England and Wales
  27. Provision of accommodation and welfare services
  28. 42Provision of accommodation and welfare services: agency arrangements.
  29. 44Charges for accommodation provided by local authorities.
  30. 45Recovery of charges due to local authorities for accommodation.
  31. 50Powers of the Secretary of State as respects social services functions of local authorities.
  32. Part IV: Community Care: Scotland
  33. 51Power of Secretary of State to give directions.
  34. 52Local authority plans for, and complaints in relation to, community care services in Scotland.
  35. 53Inspection of premises providing accommodation. Repealed
  36. 54Inquiries.
  37. 55Duty of local authority to make assessment of needs.
  38. 56Residential accommodation with nursing and provision of care and after-care.
  39. 57Exclusion of powers to provide accommodation in certain cases.
  40. 58Power of Secretary of State to make grants.
  41. Part V: Miscellaneous and General
  42. 59Parliamentary disqualification.
  43. 60Removal of Crown immunities.
  44. 61Health service bodies: taxation.
  45. 61AHealth service bodies: stamp duty land tax Repealed
  46. 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  47. 63Repeal of remaining provisions of Health Services Act 1976.
  48. 64Financial provisions.
  49. 65Regulations, orders and directions.
  50. 66Amendments and repeals.
  51. 67Short title, commencement and extent.
  52. Part III: Amendments of Part III of Schedule 5 to the Principal Act
  53. Schedule 5: Health Boards, the Common Services Agency and State Hospitals
  54. Health Boards
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. 2Paragraph 2
  57. 3Paragraph 3
  58. 4Paragraph 4
  59. 5Paragraph 5
  60. 6Paragraph 6
  61. 7Paragraph 7
  62. Common Services Agency
  63. 8Paragraph 8
  64. 9Paragraph 9
  65. 10Paragraph 10
  66. 11Paragraph 11
  67. 12Paragraph 12
  68. State hospitals
  69. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  70. Schedule 6Schedules to be inserted after Schedule 7 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
  71. Schedule 7: Amendments relating to Audit of Accounts of Scottish Health Service Bodies
  72. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
  73. 1Paragraph 1
  74. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  75. 3Paragraph 3
  76. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  77. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  78. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  79. 7Paragraph 7
  80. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  81. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  82. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  83. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  84. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  85. 13Paragraph 13
  86. The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
  87. 14Paragraph 14
  88. General amendment
  89. 15Paragraph 15
  90. Schedule 8: Provisions arising out of removal of Crown Immunities from Health Service Bodies
  91. Part I: Amendments Continuing Certain Statutory Exemptions
  92. The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
  93. 1Paragraph 1
  94. The Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971
  95. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  96. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
  97. 3Paragraph 3
  98. The Road Traffic Act 1988
  99. 4Paragraph 4
  100. Part II: Consequential Amendments
  101. The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure)(Scotland) Act 1947
  102. 5Paragraph 5
  103. The Town and Country Planning Act 1971
  104. 6Paragraph 6
  105. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972
  106. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  107. The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
  108. 8Paragraph 8
  109. The Value Added Tax Act 1983
  110. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  111. The Housing Act 1988
  112. 10Paragraph 10
  113. The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988
  114. 11Paragraph 11
  115. Part III: Transitional Provisions
  116. 12Paragraph 12
  117. The Building (Scotland) Act 1959
  118. 13Paragraph 13
  119. The Medicines Act 1968
  120. 14Paragraph 14
  121. The Fire Precautions Act 1971
  122. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  123. The Town and Country Planning Act 1971
  124. 16Paragraph 16
  125. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972
  126. 17Paragraph 17
  127. The Building Act 1984
  128. 18Paragraph 18
  129. The Housing Act 1988 and the Rent Act 1977
  130. 19Paragraph 19
  131. The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 and the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
  132. 20Paragraph 20
  133. Schedule 9: Minor and Consequential Amendments
  134. The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897
  135. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  136. The Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936
  137. 2Paragraph 2
  138. The Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938
  139. 3Paragraph 3
  140. The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1945
  141. 4Paragraph 4
  142. The National Assistance Act 1948
  143. 5Paragraph 5
  144. The Public Records Act 1958
  145. 6Paragraph 6
  146. The Human Tissue Act 1961
  147. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  148. The Abortion Act 1967
  149. 8Paragraph 8
  150. The Leasehold Reform Act 1967
  151. 9Paragraph 9
  152. The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
  153. 10Paragraph 10
  154. The Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
  155. 11Paragraph 11
  156. The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
  157. 12Paragraph 12
  158. The Local Government Act 1972
  159. 13Paragraph 13
  160. The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975
  161. 14Paragraph 14
  162. The Child Benefit Act 1975
  163. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  164. The Children Act 1975
  165. 16Paragraph 16
  166. The Adoption Act 1976
  167. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  168. The National Health Service Act 1977
  169. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  170. The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
  171. 19Paragraph 19
  172. The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
  173. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  174. The Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980
  175. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  176. The Education Act 1981
  177. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  178. The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
  179. 23Paragraph 23
  180. The Mental Health Act 1983
  181. 24Paragraph 24
  182. The Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983
  183. 25Paragraph 25
  184. The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
  185. 26Paragraph 26
  186. The Registered Homes Act 1984
  187. The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
  188. 28Paragraph 28 Repealed
  189. The Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985
  190. 29Paragraph 29 Repealed
  191. The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
  192. 30Paragraph 30
  193. The Education (No. 2) Act 1986
  194. 31Paragraph 31 Repealed
  195. The AIDS (Control) Act 1987
  196. 32Paragraph 32
  197. The Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988
  198. 33Paragraph 33
  199. The Health and Medicines Act 1988
  200. 34Paragraph 34
  201. The Road Traffic Act 1988
  202. 35Paragraph 35
  203. The Children Act 1989
  204. 36Paragraph 36
  205. The Opticians Act 1989
  206. 37Paragraph 37
  207. Schedule 10Enactments Repealed