(1)If the Secretary of State—
(a)considers it appropriate for remuneration in respect of services provided by any person in pursuance of Part II of this Act to be paid by a particular body, and
(b)apart from this section the functions of the body do not include the function of paying the remuneration,
the Secretary of State may by order confer that function on the body.
(2)Any sums required to enable any body having that function to pay remuneration in respect of such services shall, if apart from this section there is no provision authorising the payment of the sums by the Secretary of State or out of money provided by Parliament, be paid by him.
[F1(3)If the Secretary of State by order so provides with respect to remuneration in respect of such pharmaceutical services as may be specified in the order,—
(a)an NHS trust determined in accordance with the order shall have the function of paying sums so determined to the Family Health Services Authority which, under Part II of this Act, has the function of paying that remuneration; and
(b)nothing in subsection (2) above shall apply with respect to that remuneration.]
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