{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-17Q",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-17Q.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/17Q",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17Q",
  "heading": "Assistance and support",
  "text": "(1) A Health Board may provide assistance and support to—\n(a) any person providing, or proposing to provide, primary medical services under a general medical services contract;\n(b) any person providing, or proposing to provide, such services in accordance with section 17C arrangements.\n(2) Assistance and support provided by a Health Board under subsection (1) is to be provided on such terms, including terms as to payment, as the Board think fit.\n(3) In this section, “ assistance ” includes financial assistance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17P and cross-heading inserted (13.2.2004 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.2004) by Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), ss. 5(2), 9(1); S.S.I. 2004/58, art. 2(1)(3), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 17Q inserted (1.4.2004) by Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), ss. 6, 8, 9(1); S.S.I. 2004/58, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 17Q-17V and preceding cross-heading substituted for s. 17Q (prosp.) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), s. 21, 43(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/17Q",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:48.038600+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."
}