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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 137

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The NHS 24 (Scotland) Order 2001

	Made	2nd April 2001
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	3rd April 2001
	Coming into force	6th April 2001

Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the NHS 24 (Scotland) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 6th April 2001.

Interpretation

- (1) For the purposes of this Order-

"the Act" means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

"the Board" means the Special Health Board, to be known by the name of NHS 24, which is constituted by this Order.

    (2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to an article or Schedule is to an article of, or the Schedule to, this Order and a reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of the article in which the reference is made.

Constitution, name and area of the Board
     3. There is hereby constituted a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known by the name of NHS 24.

Functions of the Board
     4. - (1) The Board shall exercise the following functions of the Scottish Ministers namely-

(a) functions in relation to providing advice, guidance and information on health and care services.

(b) functions specified in paragraph (2) subject, however, to any limitations there specified.

(2) The functions specified in this paragraph are as follows:-

(a) the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 16(1) of the Act to assist voluntary organisations whose activities include the provisions of a service similar or related to a service provided under the Act;

(b) the power of the Scottish Ministers under section 16B[

(3) In exercising any functions of the Scottish Ministers to acquire, use, manage or dispose of land the Board shall ensure-

(4) Nothing in this Order shall prevent or restrict from exercising any function under the Act-

Applications of Enactments
5. - (1) Each of the enactments specified in column 1 of each Part of the Schedule (the subject matter of which is described generally in column 2) shall apply in relation to the Board as it applies in relation to Health Boards subject, however, to the modifications and limitations (if any) specified opposite thereto in column 3 and to paragraph (2).

(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 the functions conferred on it by this Order.

SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
2nd April 2001

SCHEDULE

Article 5(1)

ENACTMENTS APPLIED TO THE BOARD

PART I

THE ACT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Enactment	Nature of Provision	Modifications and Limitations (where applicable)
In the Act-
In Part I
In Section 2-	Health Boards
Sub section (3)	Variation of area and functions of Health Board
Sub section (4)	Provisions incidental to variation of area or functions of Health Boards
Sub section (5)	Health Boards to act in accordance with regulations or directions[7]
Sub section (8)	Health Board to act as principal
In Section 10-	Common Services Agency
Sub section (4)	Power to provide that functions of Health Boards may be referred to the Agency[8]
Section 13	Co-operation between Health Boards and other Authorities[9]
Section 13A	Co-operation in planning of services for disabled persons, the elderly and others[10]
Section 17A	Power to enter into arrangements with NHS bodies for the provision of goods and services ("NHS contracts")[11]
In Part IV
Section 77	Default powers[12]
In Part V
In Section 79-
Sub section (1A)	Power of Scottish Ministers to dispose of land[13]
Sub section (3)	Power to acquire moveable property on behalf of the Scottish Ministers
In Section 83-
Sub section (1)	Power to hold property on trust
Section 84	Power to trustees to make payments to Health Boards[14]
Section 84A	Power to raise money and property by appeals, collections and other similar activities[15]
Section 85AA	Means of meeting expenditure of Health Boards out of public funds[16]
In Section 85-	Expenses of certain bodies[17]
Sub section (1)	Payment of expenses of certain bodies
Sub section (2)	Date of allotment
Sub section (3)	Power to make directions to bodies listed in sub section(1)
Sub section (4)	Conditions subject to which payments shall be made
In Section 85A-
Sub section (1)	Duty of bodies referred to in section 85(1) as regards expenditure[18]
Sub section (3)	Power to make directions in relation to duty under sub-section (1)
Sub section (4)	Disregard for the purposes of the section of certain trust funds
Section 85B	Power to make provision for meeting losses and liabilities etc of certain health service bodies[19]
Section 86	Provision in relation to the keeping and auditing of accounts, to their submission to the Scottish Ministers[20]
Section 87	Power to make regulations as to financial arrangements of health service bodies
In Part VII-
Section 101	Protection of Health Boards[21]
In Schedule 1-	Health Boards
Paragraph 1	Health Boards to be bodies corporate and have a common seal
Paragraph 2	Appointment of Chairman and members
Paragraph 4	Payment of remuneration to the Chairman and such members of Health Boards as may be prescribed[22]
Paragraph 5	Employment of officers and servants[23]
Paragraph 5A	Power to make regulations as to the date of appointment[24]
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 directions[25]
Paragraph 7A	Power to make regulations providing for transfer of officers and servants[26]
Paragraph 7B	Directions to Health Boards to place officers or servants at disposal of other bodies[27]
Paragraph 11	Power to make regulations as to appointment, committees and procedure[28]
Paragraph 11A	Subscription to funds of other bodies[29]
Paragraph 12	Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies
Paragraph 13	Payment to members of a Health Board, the committees and sub-committees thereof of travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time	The words ", including compensation for loss of remunerative time," shall be omitted
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-	Common Services Agency
Paragraph 7B	Power to make regulations providing for the transfer of officers and servants[30]
Paragraph 7C	Power to make directions as to placing of staff with other bodies[31]

PART II

ACTS OTHER THAN THE ACT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Enactment	Nature of Provision	Modifications and Limitations (where applicable)
The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960[32]	Admission of the public to meetings
Health and Medicines Act 1988[33]
Section 7(1)-(8)	Extension of powers of Scottish Ministers for financing the Health Service
Health Service Commissioners Act 1993[34]	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 execute an instrument on their behalf
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995[35] Schedule 2, paragraph 6	Provisions for investigations by the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland

PART III

ENACTMENTS OTHER THAN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

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 1974[36]	Prohibits employment for provision of services under the National Health Service of certain health professions unless they are registered under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960[37]
The National Health Service (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1974[38]	Preparation of estimates of income and expenditure and accounts of Health Boards and related matters of a financial nature	Limited so as to exclude the application of any provisions relative to Local Health Councils or the Common Services Agency
The National Health Service (Food Premises) (Scotland) Regulations 1987[39]	Health Authorities (including Health Boards) to be treated for the purpose of food legislation (as defined in the Regulations) as both owners and occupiers of premises used by them
The National Health Service (Remuneration and Conditions of Service) (Scotland) Regulations 1991[40]	The determination of remuneration and conditions of service of officers of Health Boards
The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (No 2) Regulations 1991[41]	Provision as to the membership and procedure to be applied by Health Boards	Limited so as to exclude the application of regulation 6(1)(a)
The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Regulations 1993[42]	Appointment as an officer of a Health Board of any registered medical or dental practitioner to the post of consultant or of any registered medical practitioner to the post of community medicine specialist

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order constitutes a Special Health Board for the whole of Scotland to be known as NHS 24 ("the Board") (article 3). In accordance with article 1 the Order comes into force on 1st April 2001.

Article 4 of the Order confers on the Board functions in relation to providing advice, guidance and information on health and care services.

Article 5 and the Schedule apply to the Board various provisions in enactments which apply to Health Boards in general. These include provisions as to funding, the keeping and auditing of accounts and the appointment and remuneration of Board members and staff. Provisions in certain other Acts of Parliament relevant to Health Boards are also applied as are provisions in various sets of Regulations.

[1] 1978 c.29; section 2(1) was amended by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41) ("the 1983 Act"), Schedule 7, paragraph 1, and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) ("the 1990 Act"), section 28 which inserted sub-sections (1)(b), (1A), (1B) and (1C); section 105(7) which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53) ("the 1980 Act"), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, and by the 1983 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 24, and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) ("the 1999 Act"), Schedule 4, paragraph 60, contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made. 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).

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[2] Section 16B was inserted by the 1983 Act, section 3.back

[3] Section 79(1) was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(15).back

[4] Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 3.back

[5] 1939 c.20.back

[6] 1995 c.7.back

[7] Section 2(5) was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1).back

[8] Section 10(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 10 and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 44.back

[9] Section 13 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(4).back

[10] Section 13A was inserted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c.66) and amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(5).back

[11] Section 17A was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 30 and amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 c.17, Schedule 1, paragraph 102 and amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 46.back

[12] Section 77 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(14).back

[13] Section 79(1A) was repealed in part by the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.7), section 14(2) and Schedule 5.back

[14] Section 84 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(10).back

[15] Section 84A was inserted by the 1980 Act, section 5(2) and amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(17).back

[16] Section 85AA was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 52.back

[17] Section 85 was substituted by the 1999 Act, section 52.back

[18] Section 85A was inserted by the 1980 Act, section 6(4) and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 16(4) and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 55.back

[19] Section 85B was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 41 and amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 56.back

[20] Section 86 was amended by the 1990 Act, section 36(2) to (8) and amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 57.back

[21] Section 101 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(19).back

[22] Paragraph 4 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 3.back

[23] Paragraph 5 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7(2) and Schedule 7.back

[24] Paragraph 5A was inserted by the 1983 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 4.back

[25] Paragraph 7 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7(3).back

[26] Paragraph 7A was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5.back

[27] Paragraph 7B was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5.back

[28] Paragraph 11 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7(4) and Schedule 7 and by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 7.back

[29] Paragraph 11A was inserted by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7(5).back

[30] Paragraph 7B was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 11.back

[31] Paragraph 7C was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 11.back

[36] S.I. 1974/549.back

[37] 1960 c.66.back

[38] S.I. 1974/468.back

[39] S.I. 1987/2, amended by S.I. 1990/2625.back

[40] S.I. 1991/537.back

[41] S.I. 1991/809, amended by S.I. 1993/1615.back

[42] S.I. 1993/994 back

ISBN 0-11-059672-2

Prepared 19 April 2001

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