Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 564 (S.49)

The Common Services Agency (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1991

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1991 No. 564 (S.49)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

The Common Services Agency (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1991

Made	8th March 1991

Laid before Parliament

12th March 1991

Coming into force

1st April 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 10(2), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and by paragraphs 3A and 8 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I
GENERAL

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Common Services Agency (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

    (2)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
 (a) "the Act" means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
 (b) "Board" means a Health Board and includes a Special Health Board;
 (c) "the Committee" means the management committee constituted in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 of the Act^[2];
 (d) "member" means a member of the committee and includes the chairman and "members" shall be construed accordingly;
 (e) "contract" includes any arrangement including an NHS contract;
 (f) "officer" includes employee.

    (3)  Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and a reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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Notes:

[1] 1978 c. 29; section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) ("the 1980 Act"), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) ("the 1983 Act"), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; section 108(1) contains definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; paragraph 3A of Schedule 5 was inserted by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 8(2) and amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), Schedule 5, paragraph 10.

[2] Paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Act was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 9.

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