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(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st July 2000.
(2) In this Order–
 “the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.
 “the principal Order” means the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 1974.
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In article 3 of the principal Order–
(a) sub-paragraph (d) is deleted;
(b) in sub-paragraph (g) for the words “Scottish Dental Estimates Board” there are substituted the words “Scottish Dental Practice Board”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (k) after the words “the provision of legal services to Health Boards” there are inserted the words “, Special Health Boards and NHS trusts”; and
(d) after sub-paragraph (m) there is added–“
(n) the provision of research and development services in the field of public health;
(o) the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud or other irregularities in relation to the provision of general medical, dental, and ophthalmic services, pharmaceutical services and personal medical services under the Act.”.
SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th June 2000