NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Health Act 1999;

“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“health improvement plan” means a plan which a Health Authority is required to prepare under section 28 of the Act;

“health-related functions” means the functions of local authorities prescribed under regulation 6;

“local authority” means a body to which regulation 3(2) applies;

“NHS body” means a body to which regulation 3(1) applies;

“NHS contract” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1);

“NHS functions” means the functions of NHS bodies prescribed under regulation 5;

“partners”, in relation to partnership arrangements, means one or more NHS bodies and one or more local authorities; and

“partnership arrangements” means the arrangements prescribed under regulations 7, 8 and 9.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to a paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

(1)

1990 (c. 19).