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Section 4 Regulations.P1P2

Scotland

(1)

The Department may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is to be or may be prescribed and prescribing the records to be kept in respect of every nursing home and, in particular, without prejudice to the foregoing generality—

(a)

with respect to every nursing home, the records to be kept of—

(i)

the patients admitted to the home, and

(ii)

the persons engaged or employed at the home;

(b)

with respect to every maternity home, the records to be kept of—

(i)

the infant children in the home;

(ii)

the births, still-births, premature births and abortions or miscarriages occurring in the home; and

(iii)

every child born in the home who is removed from the home otherwise than to the F1. . . care of a parent, guardian or relative of the child; and

(c)

with respect to every nursing home, the notices to be given when any death occurs therein.

F2and

(d)

with respect to such matters as appear to be expedient in order to secure continuity between the system of registration by local authorities and the system of registration by Health Boards.

F3(2)

Any regulations under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)

Any person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with the provisions of any regulations made under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 4(1)(b)(iii) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3) (with arts. 4-7)

F2

Words added by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Sch. 6 para. 73

F3

S. 4(2) substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), s. 26(2), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 10, Sch. 7

Subordinate legislation made

P1

S. 4: s. 4 (with s. 1A) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1320

P2

S. 4: power previously exercised by S.I. 1981/977, 1988/1861 and 1990/1310

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 asp 8, s. 80(1), Sch. 4; S.S.I. 2002/162, art. 2 (with arts. 3-13)