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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Made 5th June 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 6th June 2003

Coming into force 30th June 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(2), 28(1), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and paragraph 11(b) and (c) of Schedule 1 to, 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(2) was amended by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66) (“the 1986 Act”), section 3(3) and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7); section 28(1) was amended by the 1986 Act, section 3(4); section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 41), 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 Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60, contains provisions relevant to the making of regulations; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made and paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 7. See section 66(1) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 18) in relation to any provision of that Act being taken to be a pre commencement enactment within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.