The Public Health Scotland Order 2019
S.S.I. 2019/336 · Made 23 October 2019 · Extends to Scotland
National Health Service
Made 23rd October 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th October 2019
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)(b), (1A), (1B), (1C) and 105(6) and (7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1978 c.29; section 2(1)(b) was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 28(a)(ii) and was amended by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) (“the 2005 Act”), schedule 2, paragraph 2(2); section 2(1A) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 28(b); section 2(1B) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 28(b) and was amended by the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 7), schedule 1, paragraph 1(2)(b); section 2(1C) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 28(b); section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), schedule 6, paragraph 5(1)(a), (c) and (d) and schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), section 29(1) and schedule 9, Part 1, paragraph 24 and the Health Act 1999 (c.8), schedule 4, paragraph 60. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Constitution, name and area of the Board
- 4Functions of the Board
- 5Application of enactments
- 6Dissolution and revocation
- 7Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
- 8Consequential amendments
- Signature
- Schedule 1: Enactments applied to the Board
- 1The Act
- 2Acts other than the Act
- 3Enactments other than Acts of Parliament
- Schedule 2: Consequential Amendments
- Part 1: Acts
- 1The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
- 2The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- 3The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003
- 4The Civil Contingencies Act 2004
- 5The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006
- 6The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008
- 7The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011
- 8The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018
- Part 2: Enactments other than Acts of Parliament
- 9The Abortion (Scotland) Regulations 1991
- 10The National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- 11The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009
- 12The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014
- 13The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015
- 14The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
- 15The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
- 16The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
This Order may be cited as the Public Health Scotland Order 2019.
Subject to paragraph (3) this Order comes into force on 7 December 2019.
The following provisions of this Order come into force on 1 April 2020—
articles 6 and 7, and
paragraphs 1(2)(a) and 2 to 16 of schedule 2.
2InterpretationI1
In this Order—
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“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and
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“the Board” means the Special Health Board, to be known as Public Health Scotland, which is constituted by this Order.
3Constitution, name and area of the BoardI1
There is constituted a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known as Public Health Scotland.
4Functions of the BoardI1
The Board is to exercise the following functions of the Scottish Ministers—
functions conferred by the Act in relation to—
health education, including that specified in section 42 of the Act (health education),
the provision of research and development services in the field of public health, and
the collection, dissemination and analysis of epidemiological data and the participation in epidemiological investigations,
examining data relating to prescriptions for drugs, medicines and appliances supplied under the arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services,
the provision of information services in support of the functions conferred on the Board,
the protection of public health including those specified in section 1 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008f1 (duty of Scottish Ministers to protect public health), and
functions specified in paragraph (2) subject to any limitations specified in that paragraph.
The functions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e) are as follows:
the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 16 of the Actf2 to assist any voluntary organisations whose activities include the provision of a service similar or related to a service provided by the Board under the Act,
the power of the Scottish Ministers to give financial assistance to voluntary organisations under section 16B of the Actf3 limited to assisting such organisations to which that section would apply if the expression “relevant service” as defined in section 16B(3) were limited to the provision of services provided by the Board,
the duty of the Scottish Ministers under section 37 of the Act to make arrangements to such extent as the Board considers necessary in relation to its functions for the purposes of the prevention of illness, the care of persons suffering from illness or the after-care of such persons,
the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 40(1) of the Act (vaccination and immunisation),
the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 43 of the Act (control of spread of infectious disease),
the duty and power of the Scottish Ministers under section 47 of the Act (educational and research facilities),
the powers of the Scottish Ministers under section 79(1) of the Actf4 to take on lease or to purchase moveable property or land which is required for the purposes of the Board and to use for those purposes and manage any heritable or moveable property so acquired,
the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 79(1A) of the Actf5 to dispose of land no longer required for the purposes of the Board,
the powers of the Scottish Ministers under section 84B of the Actf6 (joint ventures) so far as relating to the functions of the Board,
the power of the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 4 of schedule 1 of the Actf7 (health boards), as applied in relation to the Board by article 5, to pay remuneration to the chairman of the Board and to such other members of the Board and of the committees and sub-committees of the Board as may be prescribed, but this does not extend to the power—
to determine remuneration, or
to prescribe the members of the Board and of committees and sub-committees of the Board to whom it may be paid,
the power of the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 13 of schedule 1 of the Act (health boards), as applied in relation to the Board by article 5, to pay to members of the Board, any committees and sub-committees, travelling and other allowances, but this does not extend to the power to determine the amount of such allowances, and
the powers of the Scottish Ministers referred to in section 7(1) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988f8 (extension of powers of secretary of state for financing the health service).
In exercising any functions of the Scottish Ministers to acquire, use, manage or dispose of land the Board must ensure—
that any instrument in connection with the exercise of those functions is in the name of the Scottish Ministers and not that of the Board, and
that, where any such instrument requires to be executed by the Scottish Ministers, and it is not executed in accordance with section 1(8) of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939f9, it is executed on their behalf in accordance with—
paragraph 6 of schedule 2 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995f10, or
regulation 5 of the Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014f11.
Nothing in this Order will prevent or restrict the following persons from exercising any function under the Act or any other enactment specified in this Order—
the Scottish Ministers,
any Health Board,
any other Special Health Board,
the Common Services Agency, or
Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Paragraph (4)(b) includes functions of a Health Board being exercised by an integrated joint board or a local authority in accordance with section 1 or 2 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014f12 and the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Prescribed Health Board Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2014f13.
5Application of enactmentsI1
Each of the enactments specified in column 1 of each part of schedule 1 (the subject matter of which is described generally in column 2 of each part of that schedule) applies in relation to the Board as it applies in relation to Health Boards, subject to the modifications and limitations (if any) specified in column 3 of each part of schedule 1 and to paragraph (2).
The enactments which are applied in relation to the Board by virtue of paragraph (1) are so applied only for the purposes of the exercise by the Board of its functions.
6Dissolution and revocationI1
7Transfer of property, rights and liabilitiesI1
The property and all other rights and liabilities of NHS Health Scotland will transfer to and vest in Public Health Scotland with effect from 1 April 2020.
8Consequential amendmentsI1
Schedule 2 (consequential amendments) has effect.
Signature
JEANE FREEMAN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd October 2019
1The ActI1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
| In the Act— | ||
| In part 1— | Organisation | |
| In section 2— | Health Boards | |
| Subsection (3) | Variation of area of Health Board | |
| Subsection (4) | Provision incidental to variation of area of Health Board | |
| Subsection (5) | Health Boards to act in accordance with regulations or directionsf1 | |
| Subsection (8) | Health Board to act as principal | |
| In section 10— | Common Services Agency | |
| Subsection (4) | Power to provide that functions of Health Boards may be referred to the Agencyf2 | |
| Section 12J | Co-operation with other Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Agencyf3 | In subsection (1) for “one another” substitute “Health Boards”. |
| In subsection (2)(a) for “another” substitute “a”. | ||
| Omit “other”. | ||
| In subsection (2)(b) omit “other”. | ||
| In subsection (3)(a) for “another” substitute “a”. | ||
| Section 12K | Power of Health Board to carry out other Health Board’s functionsf4 | For “another” substitute “a”. |
| After “Health Board” insert “or Special Health Board” each time it appears. | ||
| Section 13 | Co-operation between Health Boards and other Authoritiesf5 | After “integration joint boards” insert “, Health Boards”. |
| Section 13A | Co-operation in planning of services for disabled persons, the elderly and othersf6 | After “(including HIS” insert “and Health Boards”. |
| In section 15— | Supply of goods and services to local authorities, etc. | |
| Subsection (1)(b) | Supply etc. of equipment, goods or materials to local and education authorities, government departments and other public bodies | |
| Subsection (1)(c) | Provision of services to local and education authoritiesf7 | |
| Subsection (1)(d) | Use of health service premises by local and education authorities | |
| Subsection (1)(e) | Use of health service vehicles etc. by local and education authoritiesf8 | |
| Subsection (2) | Arrangements with third parties for the supply of equipment, goods and materialsf9 | For “paragraphs (a) and” substitute “paragraph”. |
| Omit “(including paragraph (a)” to “subsection (1A))”. | ||
| Section 16A | Power to make payments towards expenditure on community servicesf10 | |
| In part IV— | Powers of the Scottish Ministers | |
| Section 77 | Default powersf11 | |
| Section 78B | Relationship of sections 77, 78 and 78Af12 | |
| In part V— | Property and Finance | |
| In section 79— | Purchase of land and moveable property | |
| Subsection (3) | Power to acquire moveable property on behalf of the Scottish Ministersf13 | |
| In section 83— | Power of Health Boards and local health councils to hold property on trust | |
| Subsection (1) | Power to hold property on trustf14 | |
| Subsection (1A) | Power to hold property on trustf15 | |
| Section 84 | Power of trustees to make payments to Health Boardsf16 | |
| Section 84A | Power to raise money and property by appeals, collections and other similar activitiesf17 | |
| Section 84B | Joint venturesf18 | |
| Section 85AA | Means of meeting expenditure of health boards out of public fundsf19 | |
| In section 85A | Financial duties of bodies referred to in section 85 | |
| Subsection (4) | Disregard for the purposes of the section of certain trust fundsf20 | |
| Section 86 | Provision in relation to the keeping and auditing of accounts and their submission to the Scottish Ministersf21 | |
| Section 87 | Power to make regulations as to financial arrangements of health service bodiesf22 | |
| In schedule 1– | Health Boards | |
| Paragraph 1 | Health Boards to be bodies corporate and have a common seal | |
| In paragraph 2 | Appointment of Chairman and membersf23 | |
| Sub-paragraph (1) | Health Boards to consist of certain types of members | In sub-paragraph 1(b), omit “following nomination” to the end. |
| Paragraph 3A | Chairman may not be an employee of that Health Boardf24 | |
| Paragraph 4 | Payment of remuneration to the Chairman and such members of Health Boards as may be prescribedf25 | |
| Paragraph 5 | Employment of officers and servantsf26 | |
| Paragraph 5A | Provision concerning regulations and directions made under paragraph 5 abovef27 | |
| Paragraph 6 | Power to make regulations as to method of appointment, qualifications, remuneration and conditions of service of officers and servants | |
| Paragraph 7 | Officers and servants employed in accordance with regulations and directionsf28 | |
| Paragraph 7A | Power to make regulations providing for transfer of officers and servantsf29 | In sub-paragraph (a) for “another” substitute “a”. After sub-paragraph (a), insert “(aa) another Special Health Board;”. |
| Paragraph 7B | Directions to Health Boards to place officers or servants at disposal of other bodiesf30 | |
| Paragraph 11 | Power to make regulations as to appointments, committees and proceduref31 | |
| Paragraph 11A | Subscription to funds of other bodiesf32 | |
| Paragraph 12 | Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacanciesf33 | |
| Paragraph 13 | Payment to members of a Health Board and its committees and sub-committees of travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time | Omit “, including compensation for loss of remunerative time,”. |
| Paragraph 14 | Allowances not payable except in circumstances determined by the Scottish Ministers | |
| Paragraph 15 | Time and method of payment of allowances | |
| In schedule 5— | The Agency | |
| Paragraph 7B | Power to make regulations providing for the transfer of officers and servantsf34 | |
| Paragraph 7C | Power to make directions as to placing of staff with other bodiesf35 |
2Acts other than the ActI1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
| The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960f1 | Admission of the public to meetings | |
| Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995f2 | Where they have delegated any function relating to the acquisition, management or disposal of land, power of the Scottish Ministers to authorise any officer of a Health Board to sign a document on their behalf | |
| Schedule 2, paragraph 6 |
3Enactments other than Acts of ParliamentI1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Enactment | Nature of Provision | Modifications and Limitations (where applicable) |
| The National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) (Scotland) Regulations 1974f1 | Prohibits employment for provision of services under the National Health Service of certain health professionals unless they are registered under the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 | |
| The National Health Service (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1974f2 | Preparation of estimates of income and expenditure and accounts of Health Boards and related matters of a financial nature | Limited to exclude the application of any provisions which relate to Local Health Councils or the Common Services Agency. |
| The National Health Service (Remuneration and Conditions of Service) (Scotland) Regulations 1991f3 | The determination of remuneration and conditions of service of officers of Health Boards | |
| The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001f4 | Provision as to the membership of, and procedure to be applied by, Health Boards | |
| The Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014f5 | Where they have delegated any function relating to the acquisition, management or disposal of land, power of the Scottish Ministers to authorise any officer of a Health Board to authenticate an electronic document on their behalf | |
| Regulation 5 |
1The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000I1I2
The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000f1 is amended as follows.
In paragraph 1 of schedule 3 (devolved public bodies)—
omit the entry for “NHS Health Scotland”, and
after “The Poverty and Inequality Commission” insert “Public Health Scotland”.
2The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002I1
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002f1 is amended as follows.
In Part 4 (the national health service) of schedule 1 (Scottish public authorities)—
omit paragraph 32B, and
after paragraph 35 insert—
“35A.Public Health Scotland.”
3The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003I1
The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003f1 is amended as follows.
In schedule 2 (the specified authorities) under the heading “National Health Service bodies”, in the entry for “any Special Health Board” omit paragraph (iv) and the “or” immediately preceding it.
4The Civil Contingencies Act 2004I1
5The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006I1
The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006f1 is amended as follows.
In section 57 (keeping of central register for health and local authority purposes)—
in subsection (1) after “Health Boards,” insert “Public Health Scotland,”, and
in subsection (2)(b) after “Health Board” insert “, Public Health Scotland”.
6The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008I1
The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008f1 is amended as follows.
In section 15 (notifiable diseases and health risk states: duties on health boards)—
in subsection (1) after “common services agency”, insert “and Public Health Scotland”, and
in subsection (5)(a) after “common services agency”, insert “and Public Health Scotland”.
In section 16(5) (notifiable organisms: duties on directors of diagnostic laboratories)—
in paragraph (a) omit “and”,
in paragraph (b) for “agency.” substitute “agency; and”, and
after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)Public Health Scotland.”.
In section 21(2) (public health investigations) after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)Public Health Scotland;”.
7The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011I1
The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011f1 is amended as follows.
In section 24(1)(b) (fees in respect of medical reviewer functions) for “the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
In section 31 (interpretation) after the definition of “medical reviewer” insert—
““Public Health Scotland” means the Special Health Board of that name constituted by the Public Health Scotland Order 2019f2;”.
8The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018I1
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018f1 is amended as follows.
In the schedule (duties in relation to island communities: relevant authorities)—
Omit paragraph 49, and
After paragraph 57 insert—
“57A.Public Health Scotland.”.
9The Abortion (Scotland) Regulations 1991I1
The Abortion (Scotland) Regulations 1991f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 5(a) (restriction on disclosure of information) for “the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
10The National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006I1
The National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006f1 are amended as follows.
In schedule 1 (additional information which may be contained in an entry in, and obtained from persons or places to create and maintain, the register), in the table, in entry 4(a)(i) in column (1), for “the Common Services Agency” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
11The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009I1
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009f1 are amended as follows.
In paragraph 6(6)(a)(iv) (duties of drivers, escort commanders, masters, carriers and consignors in the event of a radiation emergency) of part 1 (radiation emergencies) of schedule 2 (radiation emergencies and notifiable events) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
12The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014I1
The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 38(1)(c) (notification of health risk events) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
13The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015I1
The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015f1 is amended as follows.
In schedule 1 (listed bodies) under the heading “National health service” after “NHS Education for Scotland” insert “Public Health Scotland”.
14The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018I1
The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018f1 are amended as follows.
In paragraph 7(c) (storage of vaccines) of schedule 6 (other contractual terms) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
15The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018I1
The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 2018f1 are amended as follows.
In paragraph 5(c) (storage of vaccines) of schedule 1 (content of agreements) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
16The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019I1
The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 10(5)(f)(ii) (operator’s emergency plan) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
In regulation 11(5)(g)(ii) (local authority’s off-site emergency plan) for “Health Protection Scotland” substitute “Public Health Scotland”.
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order constitutes, under article 3, a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known as Public Health Scotland (the “Board”). In accordance with article 1 the Order comes into force on 7 December 2019, except articles 6 and 7, which relate to the dissolution of the Special Health Board known as NHS Health Scotland, and the consequential amendments in paragraphs 1(2)(a) and 2 to 16 of schedule 2, which come into force on 1 April 2020.
Article 4 of the Order confers on the new Board functions in relation to:
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health education, including that specified in section 42 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Act”),
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the provision of research and development services in the field of public health,
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the collection, dissemination and analysis of epidemiological data and the participation in epidemiological investigations,
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examining data relating to prescriptions for drugs, medicines and appliances supplied under the arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services,
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the provision of information services in support of the functions conferred on the Board, and
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the protection of public health including those specified in section 1 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008.
Article 4 also enables the Board to exercise in connection with its functions, certain functions of the Scottish Ministers, such as the giving of assistance to voluntary organisations, the duty to make arrangements for the purposes of the prevention of illness and in connection with the acquisition, management and disposal of property.
Article 5 and schedule 1 apply various provisions to the Board in enactments which apply to Health Boards in general. These include provisions as to the funding of Health Boards and the keeping and auditing of accounts, provisions in schedule 1 of the Act including those for appointment and remuneration of Board members and staff and other provisions in statutory instruments relating to Health Boards.
Article 6 dissolves the Special Health Board known as NHS Health Scotland and revokes the enactments relating to its constitution.
Article 7 provides that the property and all other rights and liabilities of NHS Health Scotland will transfer to and vest in Public Health Scotland with effect from 1 April 2020.
Article 8 gives effect to the consequential amendments in schedule 2.