Paragraph 4

(1)

The Medical Act 1983 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the definition of “medical practice” in section 11(4) (provisions supplementary to section 10, etc.)^f1–

(a)

in paragraph (za), after “1977” insert “or Part 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978”;

(b)

in paragraph (a), omit “Part II of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or”; and

(c)

in paragraph (b)–

(i)

for “section 17C of the 1978 Act or the corresponding” substitute “the”; and

(ii)

at the end insert “corresponding to section 17C of the 1978 Act immediately before the commencement of section 2 of the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004”^f2.

(3)

In section 12(2)(a) (special provisions as to employment in health centres)^f3–

(a)

after “1977” insert “or Part 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,”; and

(b)

omit “Part II of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The definition of “medical practice” in section 11(4) was inserted by the 1997 Act, section 35(4)(a). That definition was amended by the 2003 Act, Schedule 11, paragraph 48.
f2: 2004 asp 1.
f3: Section 12(2)(a) was amended by the 2003 Act, Schedule 11, paragraph 49.