Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12A inserted (1.9.1999 for E. for specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. for further specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 4(1)(4), 67(1); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(1)(4), Schs. 1, 3
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 12A inserted (1.9.1999 for E. for specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. for further specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 4(1)(4), 67(1); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(1)(4), Schs. 1, 3
3(1)For each financial year, the Secretary of State shall apportion, in such manner as he thinks appropriate, among all Health Authorities the total of the remuneration referable to the cost of drugs which is paid by each Health Authority in that year.
(2)A Health Authority are accountable in any year for remuneration referable to the cost of drugs to the extent (and only to the extent) that such remuneration is apportioned to them under sub-paragraph (1) above.
(3)Where in any financial year any remuneration referable to the cost of drugs for which a Health Authority are accountable is paid by another Health Authority, the remuneration is to be treated (for the purposes of sections 97 and 97A above) as having been paid by the first authority in the performance of their functions.
(4)The Secretary of State may, in particular, exercise his discretion under sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a)so that any apportionment reflects, in the case of each Health Authority, the financial consequences of orders for the provision of drugs, being orders which in his opinion are attributable to the authority in question,
(b)by reference to averaged or estimated amounts.
(5)The Secretary of State may make provision for any remuneration referable to the cost of drugs which is paid by a Health Authority other than the Health Authority which are accountable for the payment to be reimbursed in such manner as he may determine.