
2024 No. 20 (C. 3)
Health Services
Social Care
The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2024
Made 23rd January 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th January 2024
Coming into force 6th February 2024
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(2) and (3)(b) of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2024, and come into force on 6 February 2024.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
 “the 2019 Act” means the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019.
Appointed days
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(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 4(1) and (2) of the 2019 Act (NHS duties in relation to staffing), insofar as it inserts section 12IJ(1) to (4) (duty to follow common staffing method), section 12IK(1) to (3) (common staffing method: types of health care) and the definition of “health care” in section 12IO (interpretation of sections 12H to 12IN) into the 1978 Act, and only insofar as necessary for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 12IJ(1) and (3), is 6 February 2024.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2019 Act, insofar as not already in force, is 1 April 2024.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd January 2024