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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Made 10th September 1999

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th September 1999

Coming into force 1st October 1999

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2(5), 27, 28(1), 28A, 105(7), 106(a), 108(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 11(b) and (c) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

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f1: 1978 c. 29; section 27 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 20(2), by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66) (“the 1986 Act”), section 3(3), by S.I.1987/2202, by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7), by the Medicinal Products; Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28), section 3, and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 44, and is to be read with the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”), section 17; section 28(1) was amended by the 1986 Act, section 3(4); section 28A was substituted by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 57; section 105(7), which contains provisions relevant to the making of Regulations, was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24 and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).