Section 65.
SCHEDULE 4U.K. Amendments of enactments
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National Health Service Act 1966 (c. 8)U.K.
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Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46)U.K.
3U.K.In section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (instruction of Health Authority employees and others)—
(a)in subsection (1)(a), for “or Special Health Authority or a Health Board” there is substituted “ Special Health Authority, Health Board or Primary Care Trust ”,
(b)in subsection (5A), for “or Special Health Authority” in both places there is substituted “ Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust ”,
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33(1)Section 98 (accounts and audit) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)after paragraph (b) there is inserted—
“(bb)every Primary Care Trust”,
(b)in paragraph (dd), after “1990” there is inserted—
“(ddd)any trustees for a Primary Care Trust appointed in pursuance of section 96B above”.
(3)Before subsection (2A) there is inserted—
“(2AA)Every Primary Care Trust shall send a copy of any accounts it has prepared under subsection (2) above to the Health Authority within whose area the trust’s area falls.”
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The 1978 ActU.K.
42U.K.The 1978 Act is amended as follows.
43U.K.In section 9 (local consultative committees)—
(a)in subsection (5), for “on the provision of services under this Act” there is substituted “ and, where the Secretary of State so directs, an NHS trust on the provision of services under this Act or under a pilot scheme under section 1 of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 ”,
(b)in subsection (7), after “Health Boards” there is inserted “ or, where the Secretary of State so directs, NHS trusts ” and for “may be prescribed” there is substituted “ the Secretary of State may direct ”.
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44U.K.In section 10(4) (Common Services Agency)—
(a)after “Health Boards” in the first place where it appears there is inserted “ the NHS trusts ”,
(b)after “Health Boards” in the second place where it appears there is inserted “ or of the NHS trusts ”,
(c)after “Health Boards” in the third place where it appears there is inserted “ or NHS trusts ”.
45U.K.In section 12A(5) (NHS trusts)—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “and directors” there is substituted “ , directors and trustees ”,
(b)in paragraph (b), after “directors” there is inserted “ , trustees, ”,
(c)in paragraph (c), after “directors” there is inserted “ and trustees ”,
(d)in paragraph (d), for the words from “director” where it first appears to the end of the paragraph there is substituted “ trustee, to be regarded as an executive director rather than as a trustee ”.
46U.K.In section 17A (NHS contracts)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)after paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(aa)Special Health Boards”,
(ii)after paragraph (k) there is inserted—
“(ka)Primary Care Trusts established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977”,
(iii)paragraphs (d) and (j) are omitted,
(b)in subsection (3), paragraph (a) and the word “and” following it are omitted.
47U.K.In section 17E (personal medical and dental services: regulations), subsection (4) is omitted.
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50U.K.Section 32 (regulations as to sections 29 to 31) is renumbered as subsection (1) of that section and—
(a)in paragraph (c) after “disqualification” in both places where it occurs there is inserted “ or condition ”,
(b)after that subsection there is inserted—
“(2)Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may in particular provide that, where (apart from the regulations) it would be the duty of the Tribunal to inquire into both an efficiency case and a fraud case in respect of the same person, they may inquire into one case before inquiring into the other and, after proceedings in the first case are finally disposed of, may if they think it appropriate adjourn the other case indefinitely.”
51U.K.In section 32A (applications for interim suspension)—
(a)after subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)A Health Board may, if they have requested a review of a conditional disqualification on the ground mentioned in section 30(3)(b) or (c), at any time before the review is concluded apply to the Tribunal for a direction to be made under subsection (2) in relation to the person to whom the review relates.”,
(b)in subsection (2), for the words from “it” to “patients” there is substituted “ either of the conditions for doing so is satisfied ” and after “in question” there is inserted “ or the case to which the review in question ”,
(c)after that subsection there is inserted—
“(2A)The conditions for giving such a direction are—
(a)that it is necessary to do so in order to protect persons who are, or may be, provided with services under this Part to which the case in question, or the case to which the review in question, relates;
(b)in, or in the case of a review relating to, a fraud case, that unless they do so there is a significant risk that—
(i)an act or omission within section 29(7)(a) will occur; or
(ii)the investigation of the case or the review will be prejudiced.”,
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(e)in subsection (4), after “case” there is inserted “ or review ”,
(f)subsection (5) is omitted’
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52U.K.In section 32B (continuation of suspension pending appeal)—
(a)for subsection (1) and the preceding sidenote there is substituted—
“32B Suspension pending appeal.
(1)Where, on disposing of a case under section 29B, the Tribunal make a national disqualification, they may, if they consider that either of the conditions mentioned in section 32A(2A) is satisfied, direct that section 32A(3) shall apply or, if a direction has been given under section 32A(2), shall continue to apply to him as respects services of the kind to which the disqualification relates.”,
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(d)subsection (4) is omitted.
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54U.K.After section 35 there is inserted—
“35A Interpretation of Part II.
Where, under a direction by the Secretary of State, a Health Board has delegated any of its functions to an NHS trust, any reference in this Part to a Health Board in relation to such a delegated function shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include a reference to an NHS trust.”
55U.K.In section 85A (financial duties of certain bodies)—
(a)in subsection (1), before “85(1)” in both places where it occurs there is inserted “ 85AA(1) or ” and for “85(2)(a)” there is substituted “ 85AA(3) ”,
(b)in subsection (2), for “Subsection (3) of section 85” there is substituted “ Subsection (9) of section 85AA ”,
(c)in subsection (3), before “85(1)” there is inserted “ 85AA(1) or ”,
(d)in subsection (6), in paragraph (c) before “85(1)” there is inserted “ 85AA(1) ” and for “85(2)(a)” there is substituted “ 85AA(3) ”.
56U.K.In section 85B(2) (bodies in respect of which schemes for meeting losses and liabilities may be made)—
(a)the “and” after paragraph (c) is omitted,
(b)after paragraph (d) there is inserted “and
(e)Special Health Boards”.
57U.K.In section 86 (accounts of Health Boards and the Agency), subsections (1A), (1C) and (5) are omitted.
58U.K.Section 87D (indicative amounts for doctors’ practices) is omitted.
59U.K.In section 102 (state hospitals), for paragraph (b) of subsection (4) there is substituted—
“(b)A Health Board, a Special Health Board, the Agency or an NHS trust to the extent that power to do so is delegated to the Board, Agency or trust by the Secretary of State.”
60U.K.In section 105(7) (orders, regulations and directions), for “incidental or supplemental” there is substituted “ supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving ”.
61U.K.In section 108(1) (interpretation)—
(a)in the appropriate place there is inserted—
““goods” includes accommodation”,
(b)for the definition of “state hospital” there is substituted—
““state hospital” has the meaning indicated in section 102(2)”.
62U.K.In Schedule 7A (NHS trusts)—
(a)for any reference to a non-executive director or to non-executive directors there is substituted a reference to a trustee or, as the case may be, to trustees,
(b)in paragraph 16(c), the words from “which purposes shall include” to the end are omitted,
(c)in paragraph 22, in sub-paragraph (1), in paragraph (c) the words from “or is within” to the end of the paragraph, and “or Health Authority” are omitted,
(d)paragraph 23 is omitted.
63(1)Schedule 7B (financial provisions relating to NHS trusts) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph 6 (surplus funds)—
(a)for “amount standing in the reserves of an NHS trust” there is substituted “ sum held by an NHS trust other than a sum held on trust under section 12G ”,
(b)for “that amount” there is substituted “ that sum ”.
(3)For paragraph 7 of that Schedule (investment) there is substituted—
“7 An NHS trust shall have power to invest money held by it in any investments, including investments which do not produce income, specified in directions made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury; but nothing in this paragraph applies in relation to money held on trust under section 12G.”
(4)After that paragraph there is inserted—
“8Any direction with respect to—
(a)the power conferred on an NHS trust by paragraph 1; or
(b)the maximum amount which an NHS trust may invest in any investment or class of investment,
may be given only with the consent of the Treasury.”
64U.K.In Schedule 8 (the Tribunal), in paragraph 8—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “section 29” there is substituted “ sections 29 to 29C ”,
(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “disqualification” there is inserted “ conditional disqualification or declaration of unfitness ”,
(c)in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for the words from “the application” to the end there is substituted “ section 32A(3) may be made to apply or continue to apply ”.
Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)U.K.
65U.K.The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.
66U.K.In section 122(1) (provision of pocket money for in-patients in hospital), “special hospitals or other hospitals being” is omitted.
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68U.K.In section 134 (correspondence of patients)—
(a)in subsection (1)(b), for “a special hospital” there is substituted “ one at which high security psychiatric services are provided ”,
(b)in subsection (2), for “in a special hospital under this Act” there is substituted “ under this Act in a hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided ”.
69(1)Section 145 (interpretation) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)after the definition of “Health Authority” there is inserted—
““high security psychiatric services” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 1977,”,
(b)the definition of “special hospital” is omitted.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(1AA)Where high security psychiatric services and other services are provided at a hospital, the part of the hospital at which high security psychiatric services are provided and the other part shall be treated as separate hospitals for the purposes of this Act.”
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Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36)U.K.
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Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985 (c. 42)U.K.
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Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986 (c. 24)U.K.
72U.K.The Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986 is to cease to have effect.
Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)U.K.
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80U.K.Section 18 (indicative amounts for doctors’ practices) is omitted.
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Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46)U.K.
85(1)The Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 is amended as follows.U.K.
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(3)In section 3 (general remit of Commissioners), subsection (1B) is omitted.
(4)In section 19 (interpretation), the definitions of “allotted sum” and “recognised fund-holding practice” are omitted.
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National Health Service (Residual Liabilities) Act 1996 (c. 15)U.K.
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National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46)U.K.
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National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 (c. 56)U.K.
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Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18)U.K.
90U.K.In section 5 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (general duties of auditors), in subsection (1)(a), for “(2B) (NHS trusts) or (2B) (fund-holding practices)” substitute “ or (2B) ”.