National Health Service Act 1977

SCHEDULE 6 E+W+S Additional Provisions as to [F1 Advisory Committees for Wales]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6: words in heading substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(e) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

1 (1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a committee formed for Wales F2 . . . is representative of— E+W+S

(a) any category of persons (other than a category mentioned in section 19(1) above) who provide services forming part of the health service, or

(b) two or more of any of the categories mentioned in that subsection and paragraph (a) above,

and that it is in the interests of the health service to recognise the committee, it shall be his duty to recognise it in pursuance of this sub-paragraph, and to determine that it shall be known by a name specified in the determination.

(2) Where a committee recognised in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above appears to the Secretary of State to represent categories of persons which include a category mentioned in section 19(1), he shall not be required by virtue of that subsection to recognise a committee representing persons of that category.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1) omitted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) and repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

2 E+W+S The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing served on any member of a duly recognised committee, withdraw his recognition of the committee if he considers it expedient to do so—

(a) where the committee is recognised in pursuance of section 19(1) F3 . . .above or paragraph 1(1)(a) above, with a view to recognising in pursuance of paragraph 1(1)(b) another committee representing categories of persons, which include the category represented by the recognised committee; or

(b) where the committee is recognised in pursuance of paragraph 1(1)(b), with a view to recognising in pursuance of any of the provisions of section 19 and paragraph 1 other committees which together are representative of the categories in question.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 2 omitted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) and repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

3 E+W+S It is the duty of any duly recognised committee for Wales—

(a) to advise the Secretary of State on the provision by him of services of a kind provided by the categories of persons of whom the committee is representative, and

(b) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed.

F4 4 E+W+S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 6 para. 4 omitted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) and repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(c), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

5 E+W+S [F5 The Secretary of State] may defray such expenses incurred by a committee in performing the duty imposed on the committee by [F6 paragraph 3] above as [F7 the Secretary of State] considers reasonable, and those expenses may include travelling and other allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time at such rates as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of [F8 the Treasury].

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Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 6 para. 5 substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(d)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

F6 Words in Sch. 6 para. 5 substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(d)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

F7 Words in Sch. 6 para. 5 substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(d)(iii) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

F8 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2, 3(5)

F9 Sch. 6 para. 5: the second sentence is omitted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) and repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 61(d)(iv), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)