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1992 No. 2379 (S.228)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992

Made

5th October 1992

Laid before Parliament

7th October 1992

Coming into force

28th October 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 87A(4), 105(7), and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 28th October 1992.

(2) In these Regulations, "the Applications Regulations" means the National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990(2).

Amendment of regulation 4 of the Applications Regulations

2. In regulation 4 of the Applications Regulations (grant and conditions for recognition as a fund-holding practice), in paragraph (2) for "9,000" wherever it occurs there shall be substituted "6,000".

Fraser of Carmyllie

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

5th October 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Applications and Recognition) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 to reduce the minimum patient list size from 9000 to 6000 for practices, or practitioners making application for fundholding purposes.

(1)

1978 c. 29; section 87A was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), section 34; section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the powers under which these Regulations are made; section 108(1) contains a definition of "regulations".

(2)

S.I. 1990/1754.


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