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SPB073 - Public Health (Digital Services) (Scotland) Bill 2019
SPB073 - Public Health (Digital Services) (Scotland) Bill 2019
MODEL
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
(as introduced)
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 in connection
with the provision of a patient advice and support service; to make provision about digital NHS
services; and for connected purposes.
General
5 Ancillary provision
(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary,
consequential, transitional, transitory, or saving provision they consider appropriate for
the purposes of, in connection with, or for giving full effect to this Act or provision made
under it.
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(2) Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act).
(3) Regulations under this section are subject to—
(a) where they modify an enactment, the affirmative procedure;
(b) otherwise, the negative procedure.
6 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, “the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, any expression which is used in this Act and in the
1978 Act is to have the same meaning in this Act as it has in the 1978 Act.
7 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
8 Short title
The short title of this Act is the Public Health (Digital Services) (Scotland) Act 2019.