NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 . Interpretation and forms 2 In regulation 21 of the principal Regulations (interpretation and forms), in paragraph (1)– a there shall be inserted the following definitions before the definition of “application”– “the 1997 Act ” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997; “applicant” means a person who has made an application; . b for the definition of “application” there shall be substituted– “application” means an application for a direction under section 30 of the Act or paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act (termination of directions); Submission of a representation 3 Regulation 24 (submission of a representation) of the principal Regulations shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:– 1A Where the representations are made under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act they shall be sent to the Tribunal within two weeks of receipt by the Health Board of an application to be included in their medical list by a medical practitioner, in relation to whom the Secretary of State has made a determination under section 13 of that Act. . Statement by the Tribunal 4 1 Regulation 38 of the principal Regulations (statement by the Tribunal) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added– ; e such directions as they may make under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act. . 3 In paragraph (2)(b) after the word “direction” where it first occurs there shall be inserted the words “under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act or”, and for the words from “any direction” to the end there shall be substituted– i any direction under the said paragraph 4(1), or ii any direction under the said section 29(3) or 32B(1), or both. . Procedure in regard to application to the Tribunal for removal of disqualification 5 1 Regulation 41 (procedure in regard to application to the Tribunal for removal of disqualification) of the principal Regulations, shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (4) after the word “Act” there shall be inserted the words “or under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act”. 3 In paragraph 7(d)(ii) at the end there shall be added the words “or that the disqualification of the applicant for inclusion in any list to which a direction under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act related should be removed, a direction under paragraph 5 of the said Schedule to that effect”. Publication of decisions 6 In regulation 43 of the principal Regulations (publication of decisions of the Tribunal), after paragraph (b) there shall be added– ; c any direction of the Tribunal under paragraph 4(1) or 5 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act; d any imposition or removal of a disqualification made in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act (direction in Northern Ireland). . Publication of information about applications for preferential treatment 7 After regulation 43 of the principal Regulations (publication of decisions), there shall be inserted the following new regulation:– Publication of information about applications for preferential treatment 43B The Secretary of State shall publish in such a manner as he thinks fit information about– a applications made to Health Boards for inclusion in their medical list of the names of medical practitioners ceasing to perform personal medical services in respect of whom Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act applies; and b the right of persons to make representations against applications referred to in paragraph (a). . Forms for use in connection with representations and applications 8 The undernoted forms in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (forms for use in connection with representations and applications) shall be amended as follows:– a in Form 1 in paragraph 1 after the word “continued” there shall be inserted “(2A)”, and there shall be added a note (2A) to the Form as follows:– 2A Delete in the case of a representation under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997. ; b in Form 2 in paragraph 1(a) after the word “continued” there shall be inserted “(3A)”, and there shall be added a note (3A) to the Form as follows:– 3A Delete in the case of a representation under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997. ; c in Form 3 in paragraph 1 after the word “continued” there shall be inserted “(4A)”, and there shall be added a note (4A) to the Form as follows:– 4A Delete in the case of a representation. ; d in Form 5 in paragraph 1 after the word “Act” where first occurring there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997” and after the word “Act” where second occurring there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”; e in Form 6 in paragraph 1(a) after the word “Act” where first occurring there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997” and after the word “Act” where second occurring there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”; f in Form 8 in paragraph 1 after the word “Act” where second occurring there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”; g in Form 9 in paragraph 1(a) after the words “the said Act” there shall be inserted the words “/paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”. Sam Galbraith Minister for Health St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th March 1998