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(1)It is the duty of [F2each Health Authority, in accordance with regulations]—
[F3(a)to administer the arrangements made in pursuance of this Act for the provision of general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services for their [F4area];]
(b)to perform such [F5management and] other functions relating to those services as may be prescribed.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
[F7(1ZA)It is the duty of each Health Authority, in accordance with regulations, to perform such functions in relation to section 28C arrangements as may be prescribed.
(1ZB)Regulations under subsection (1ZA) may, in particular—
(a)prescribe functions in relation to training;
(b)provide for appeals to the Secretary of State or a prescribed body in relation to functions prescribed by the regulations.]
F8(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F9(1B)In relation to a Part II medical practitioner—
(a)whose name is included in the medical list of only one Health Authority, and
(b)who practises on his own or in partnership with others all of whom are Part II medical practitioners whose names are included only in that Authority’s medical list,
any reference in this Act or the M1National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to the relevant Health Authority is to be construed as a reference to that Authority.
(1BA)In relation to a medical practitioner who is not within subsection (1B), any reference in this Act or the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to the relevant Health Authority is to be construed as a reference to the Authority in whose area most of the practice patients live.]
[F10(1C)In relation to the operation of a fund-holding practice by medical practitioners the relevant Health Authority in respect of one or more of whom would (apart from this subsection) be different from that in respect of the other or others, the relevant Health Authority for each of them shall be determined for the purposes of the application of any provision relating to fund-holding practices as if they were all practising in a single partnership.]
[F11(1D)In this section—
”Part II medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who provides general medical services under Part II and does not perform personal medical services under section 28C arrangements; and
”practice patient” means—
in relation to a medical practitioner who practises otherwise than in partnership, an individual who is on that practitioner’s list of patients (or, if that practitioner and one or more other medical practitioners together have a single list of patients in connection with section 28C arrangements, an individual who is on that single list);
in relation to a medical practitioner who is one of two or more practitioners who practise in partnership with each other, an individual who is on the list of patients of any of those practitioners (or, if any of those practitioners together have a single list of patients in connection with section 28C arrangements, an individual who is on that single list).]
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15 sidenote 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. 6(e) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
F2Words in s. 15(1) 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. 6(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
F4Words in s. 15(1)(a) 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. 6(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
F5Words inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 12(1)(b)
F6Words repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I
F7S. 15(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 4(2); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2
F8S. 15(1A) 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. 6(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F9S. 15(1B)(1BA) substituted (1.4.1998) for s. 15(1B) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 4(3); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2
F10S. 15(1C) inserted (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. 6(d) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
F11S. 15(1D) inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 41(10), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 4(4); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1), Schs. 1, 2
F12S. 15(2), Sch. 12 para. 2(5) repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15(1)(b) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/692, art. 2
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