{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-32.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/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Regulations as to sections 29 to 31.",
  "text": "(1) Regulations shall make provision—\n(a) for inquiries. . . under sections 29 to 30to be held in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by or determined under the regulations. . . and, in particular, for . . . any person who is the subject of such an inquiry to be informed, as soon as may be, of the substance of any charge or complaint to which the inquiry relates and to have an opportunity—\n(i) of appearing, either in person or by counsel or solicitor or such other representative as may be prescribed, before the Tribunal . . ., and\n(ii) of being heard by the Tribunal . . ., and of calling witnesses and producing other evidence on his behalf,\nand for the hearing, . . . to be in public if the person who is the subject of the inquiry so requests;\n(b) for conferring on the Tribunal . . .such powers as the Secretary of State considers necessary for the purpose of holding such inquiries, including power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and to administer oaths; and\n(c) for the publication of decisions of the Tribunal . . . under this section and of the imposition and removal of any disqualification or conditionimposed by virtue of this section, and for the intimation to any person who is the subject of such an inquiry of the grounds upon which any disqualification or conditionhas been imposed in his case.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may in particular provide that, where (apart from the regulations) it would be the duty of the Tribunal to inquire into an efficiency case and a fraud case or an unsuitability case or any other combination of more than one such category of case in respect of the same person, they may inquire into one case before inquiring into the other and, after proceedings in the first case are finally disposed of, may if they think it appropriate adjourn the other case indefinitely.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 29, 29A-29C substituted for s. 29 (31.1.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 4.3.2004) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 58(1), 67(1); S.S.I. 2004/32, art. 2(1)(2) (with savings for effect of 1999 c. 58 by S.S.I. 2004/31, art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 32 renumbered as s. 32(1) (31.1.2004 for certain purposes otherwise 4.3.2004) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65, 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 50; S.S.I. 2004/32, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(2)(a); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch.(with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 42(1), 43(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(12); S.S.I. 2006/121, art. 3(b), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) inserted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(2)(b); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, ss. 11(2)(c), 14(2), Sch.; S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch.(with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(2)(d); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(2)(e); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a)(i)(ii)(b)(c) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 14(2), Sch.; S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(a) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(2)(f); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(1)(c) inserted (31.1.2004 for certain purposes otherwise 4.3.2004) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65(1), 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 50(a); S.S.I. 2004/32, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 32(2) inserted (31.1.2004 for certain purposes otherwise 4.3.2004) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65(1), 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 50(b); S.S.I. 2004/32, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(2) substituted (7.3.2006 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.2006) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 26(6), 43(3); S.S.I. 2006/121, art. 3(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 32(a) extended (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 31, s. 11(1); S.I. 1995/3214, art. 2 Sch.(with art. 3)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/32",
    "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."
}