The Common Services Agency (Withdrawl and Amendment of Functions) (Scotland) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/900
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Commons Services Agency (Withdrawl and Amendment of Functions) (Scotland) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings given to them in this paragraph:—

“ the Act ” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“the CSA Functions Order ” means the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 1974 ;

“the Health Education Board ” means the Health Education Board for Scotland constituted by the Health Education Board for Scotland Order 1990 .

Section 2 Withdrawl of the functions of health education

(1) There are hereby withdrawn from the Agency all functions in relation to health education delegated or referred to the Agency under section 10 of the Act.

(2) In article 3(c) of the CSA Functions Order for the words “, management and health education” there shall be substituted the words “and management”.

Section 3 Amendment of article 3 of the CSA Functions Order

In article 3 of the CSA Functions Order—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “may require:” to the end of that sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the words “may require;”; and

(b) there shall be added at the end the following new sub-paragraphs:—

(l) the powers of the Secretary of State under section 79(1) of the Act to take on lease or to purchase by agreement moveable property and land which is required for the functions of the Agency and to use for those functions and manage any heritable or moveable property so acquired;

(m) the powers of the Secretary of State under section 79(1A) of the Act to dispose of land no longer required for the functions of the Agency disregarding so much of that sub-section as relates to the function of the Secretary of State to authorise certain officers to execute instruments on his behalf.