108 Interpretation and construction
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c 29) | Legislation

108  Interpretation and construction

(1)     In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

[“the 2021 Act” means the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021;]

“the Agency” has the meaning indicated in section 10;

“area medical committee”, “area dental committee”, “area nursing and midwifery committee”, “area pharmaceutical committee” and “area optical committee” have the meanings indicated in section 9(2);

“certified midwife” means a person who is for the time being certified under the Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951;

“the Dental Estimates Board” has the meaning indicated in section 4;

“dental practitioner” means a person registered in the dentists register under the Dentists Act 1957;

“designated medical officer” means an officer designated under section 14;

“dispensing optician” means a person who is registered in the register kept under section 2 of the Opticians Act 1958 of dispensing opticians or a body corporate enrolled in the list kept under section 4 of that Act or such bodies carrying on business as dispensing opticians;

“education authority” has the same meaning as in the Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

“equipment” includes any machinery, apparatus or appliance, whether fixed or not, and any vehicle;

“full-time education in a school” means full-time instruction

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