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F1Sch. 5A inserted (8.9.1999, 4.1.2000 and 1.4.2000 for specified purposes for E., and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, s. 2(2), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(2)(b)(3)(a)(4)(a), Schs. 1, 2, 3
[F28(1)A Primary Care Trust may employ such officers as it thinks fit.E+W+S
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a trust may—
(a)pay its officers such remuneration and allowances, and
(b)employ them on such other terms and conditions,
as it thinks fit.
(3)A trust shall—
(a)in exercising its powers under sub-paragraph (2) above, and
(b)otherwise in connection with the employment of its officers,
act in accordance with regulations and any directions given by the Secretary of State.
(4)Before making any regulations under sub-paragraph (3) above, the Secretary of State shall consult such bodies as he may recognise as representing persons who, in his opinion, are likely to be affected by the regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 5A para. 8 substituted (1.10.2001 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 6(2)(a), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2001/3294, art. 2
9(1)Without prejudice to the generality of section 17 above the Secretary of State may direct a Primary Care Trust—E+W+S
(a)to make the services of any of its officers available to another Primary Care Trust, or
(b)to employ any person who is or was employed by another Primary Care Trust and is specified in the direction.
(2)Before he gives a direction under sub-paragraph (1) above the Secretary of State shall—
(a)consult the person whose services are to be made available or who is to be employed,
(b)satisfy himself that the trust has consulted that person, or
(c)consult such body as he may recognise as representing that person.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply in relation to a direction under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above if the Secretary of State—
(a)considers it necessary to give the direction for the purpose of dealing temporarily with an emergency, and
(b)has previously consulted bodies recognised by him as representing the person whose services are to be made available about the giving of directions for that purpose.
10E+W+SIn addition to making provision in relation to [F3Strategic Health Authorities,] Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities, regulations under paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 5 to this Act may also provide—
(a)for the transfer of officers from one Primary Care Trust to another, and
(b)for arrangements under which the services of officers of a Primary Care Trust are placed at the disposal of another Primary Care Trust or a local authority.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 5A Pt. 2 para. 10 inserted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 35(2); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
[F410AE+W+SWhere the registration of a dentist in the dentist’s register is suspended—
(a)by an order under section 32 of the Dentists Act 1984 (interim suspension); or
(b)by a direction or order of the Health Committee under that Act (health cases),
the suspension shall not terminate any contract of employment made between him and a Primary Care Trust, but a person whose registration is so suspended shall not perform any duties under a contract made between him and a Primary Care Trust which involves the practice of dentistry within the meaning of that Act.]]
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