# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 17AA: Provision of certain services under NHS contracts.

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(1) This section applies to any arrangement under which a Health Board or such other health service body as may be prescribed arrange for the provision to them—
(a) by a person on an ophthalmic list, or
(b) by a person on a pharmaceutical list,
of goods or services that they reasonably require for the purposes of functions which they are exercising under Part I of this Act.
(2) Any such arrangement is to be treated as an NHS contract for the purposes of section 17A (other than subsections (5) and (7)).
(3) In this section—
“ health service body ” means a person or body which is a health service body for the purposes of section 17A;
“ ophthalmic list ” means
(a) in relation to a list published in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (a) of section 26(2) of this Act, the first part of the list which is referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph;
(b) a list published in accordance with regulations made under section 39(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977; or
(c) a list published in accordance with regulations made under article 62(2)(a) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and
“ pharmaceutical list ” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under—
(a) section 27(2) of this Act;
(b) section 42(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977; or
(c) Article 63(2A)(a) of the 1972 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/17AA (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-17AA
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