2. Sections 7 (functions of overview and scrutiny committees) and 8 (joint overview and scrutiny committees etc) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 shall apply to the Isles of Scilly with the modifications that—
(a)the Council of the Isles of Scilly is added to the list of bodies in section 7(2);
(b)the reference in section 8(1) to a local authority operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (in this article referred to as “the 2000 Act”)(1) includes a reference to the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(c)references to an overview and scrutiny committee in sections 7(3) and (4) and 8 include references to a committee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly established under section 21 of the 2000 Act for the purpose of exercising the functions under section 21(2)(f) of that Act(2); and
(d)references in section 8(1) to functions which are or would be exercisable by an overview and scrutiny committee under section 21(2)(f) of the 2000 Act include references to corresponding functions exercisable by a committee of the Council of the Isles of Scilly established under section 21 of the 2000 Act for the purpose of exercising the functions under section 21(2)(f) of that Act.
Section 21(1) and (2)(f) were applied to the Council of the Isles of Scilly by the Isles of Scilly (Functions) (Review and Scrutiny of Health Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1412).