Part IIIE+W Supplementary Provisions
Re-imbursement for health services work carried out otherwise than under NHS contractE+W
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Supply of goods and services by local authoritiesE+W
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Making of chargesE+W
22In each of sections 81 (charges for more expensive supplies) and 82 (charges for repairs and replacement necessitated by an act or omission of the person supplied etc.) of the principal Act, in paragraph (a)—
(a)after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “or an NHS trust”; and
(b)after the word “him” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, by the trust”.
Power to raise money by appeals etc.E+W
23(1)In section 96A of the principal Act (power . . . to raise money etc. by appeals, collections etc.) in subsection (1), after the word “authority”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “or NHS trust”.
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(3)In subsection (5), of that section, for the words from “Area or District” onwards there shall be substituted “body responsible for the hospital if that body and the special trustees agree; and in this subsection the body responsible for a hospital is,—
(a)in the case of a hospital vested in a NHS trust, that trust; and
(b)in any other case, the District Health Authority exercising functions on behalf of the Secretary of State in respect of the hospital”.
(4)After subsection (5) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5A)Where property is given in pursuance of this section on trust for any purposes of an NHS trust for which trustees have been appointed under section 11(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, then, if those trustees and the NHS trust agree, the property may be held, administered and applied by those trustees instead of by the NHS trust.”
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Accounts and auditE+W
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(2)After subsection (2A) of that section there shall be inserted—
“(2B)in preparing its annual accounts in pursuance of subsection (2) above, an NHS trust shall comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury as to—
(a)the methods and principles according to which the accounts are to be prepared; and
(b)the information to be given in the accounts.”
Protection of members and officersE+W
25In section 125 of the principal Act (protection of members and officers of health authorities etc.)—
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Compulsory acquisitionE+W
26(1)An NHS trust may be authorised to purchase land compulsorily for the purposes of its functions by means of an order made by the trust and confirmed by the Secretary of State.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to the compulsory purchase of land under this paragraph.
(3)No order shall be made by an NHS trust under Part II of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 with respect to any land unless the proposal to acquire the land compulsorily—
(a)has been submitted to the Secretary of State in such form and together with such information as he may require; and
(b)has been approved by him.
Use and development of consecrated land and burial groundsE+W
27Section 128 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (use and development of consecrated land and burial grounds) applies to consecrated land and land comprised in a burial ground, within the meaning of that section, which an NHS trust holds for any of its purposes as if—
(a)that land had been acquired by the trust as mentioned in subsection (1) of that section; and
(b)the trust were a statutory undertaker, within the meaning of that Act.
Instruments etc.E+W
28(1)The fixing of the seal of an NHS trust shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairman or of some other person authorised either generally or specially by the trust for that purpose and of one other director.
(2)Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of an NHS trust shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed.
(3)A document purporting to be signed on behalf of an NHS trust shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so signed.