http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/46/part/VHealth Services and Public Health Act 1968An Act to amend the National Health Service Act 1946 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 and make other amendments connected with the national health service; to make amendments connected with local authorities’ services under the National Assistance Act 1948; to amend the law relating to notifiable diseases and food poisoning; to amend the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948; to amend the law relating to food and drugs; to enable assistance to be given to certain voluntary organisations; to enable the Minister of Health and Secretary of State to purchase goods for supply to certain authorities; to make other amendments in the law relating to the public health; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1979-05-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2022-07-01 Part V General Expenses and receipts.771There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—aany expenses incurred by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State in the exercise of any of their powers under this Act;bany increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under any other Act.2All sums received, by virtue of this Act, by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State shall be paid into the Exchequer. Consequential amendments and repeals.781The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act and the schemes mentioned in Part II of that Schedule shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in relation thereto in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act; and in that Schedule “the 1946 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1946, and “the 1947 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947.2The enactments specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule. Short title, citation, commencement, and extent.791This Act may be cited as the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, . . . 2This Act, in its application to England and Wales, shall come into force on such date as the Minister may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and, in its application to Scotland, on such date as the Secretary of State may by order so made appoint; and different dates may be appointed under this section for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes.3This Act, except section 59 thereof, shall not extend to Northern Ireland.Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1968/1699, arts. 2, 5(4)(a)1946 c. 81. 1947 c. 27. The text of ss. 63(10), 78(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991Words repealed by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 16 and National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Sch. 17Power of appointment conferred by s. 79(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1968/1362, 1387, 1662; 1969/158, 225, 296, 364; 1970/831; 1971/423, 555; 1972/826; 1973/1187; 1974/286 and 317
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Words substituted by virtue of
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Words repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" id="c01040" Year="1977" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="49" Title="National Health Service Act 1977">National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)</Citation>
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Power of appointment conferred by s. 79(2) fully exercised:
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