{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/330",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule–\n(a) “lay member” has the same meaning given to it in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1;\n(b) “relevant practitioner” means–\n(i) a doctor, where the practitioner is a doctor;\n(ii) a dentist, where the practitioner is a dentist or a dental body corporate;\n(iii) an optician or ophthalmic medical practitioner, where the practitioner is an optician or an ophthalmic medical practitioner;\n(iv) a pharmacist, where the practitioner is a pharmacist;\n(c) “party” means the practitioner, the appropriate Health Board, and any person who is to be treated as a party to the investigation pursuant to paragraph 2(3).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9(a) substituted (2.7.2010) by The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/226), regs. 1(1), 2(11)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 9(b)(ii) inserted (2.7.2010) by The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/226), regs. 1(1), 2(11)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.7.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:59.139894+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}