The National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/749
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1995 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 .

Section 2 Amendment of the 1995 Regulations

(1) The 1995 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after “the 1997 Act” there is inserted–

“the Agency” means the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted under section 10 of the Act;

(3) In regulation 35 (payments)–

(a) in paragraph (1), for “a Board” there is substituted “the Agency” and for “in its area” there is substituted “in the area of a Board”;

(b) paragraph (2) is deleted.

(4) In regulation 35A (payments to suspended doctors) , in paragraph (1) for “The Board” there is substituted “The Agency”.

(5) In regulation 35B ( GMS local development schemes) , for paragraph (3) there is substituted–

(3) In respect of each financial year the Agency shall make payments in accordance with the determination of the Board under the said section 85(1AA)(b) to those doctors whose names are included in its medical list who qualify by virtue of the determination for such payments.

(6) In regulation 36 (claims and overpayments)–

(a) in paragraph (2) for “the Board” where it first occurs there is substituted “the Agency”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “regulation 8(1)” there is substituted “regulation 3(7)” and for “regulation 12” there is substituted “regulation 8”.

(7) In paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 (complaints) , in sub-paragraph (4)(a)(ii) for “Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968” there is substituted “Children (Scotland) Act 1995” .