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[F116A Primary Care Trusts.E+W+S

(1)The Secretary of State may establish bodies to be known as Primary Care Trusts with a view, in particular, to their—

(a)providing or arranging for the provision of services under this Part of this Act,

(b)exercising functions in relation to the provision of general medical services under Part II of this Act, and

(c)providing services in accordance with section 28C arrangements.

(2)Each Primary Care Trust shall be established by an order made by him (referred to in this Act as a PCT order).

(3)A Primary Care Trust shall be established for the area specified in its PCT order and shall exercise its functions in accordance with any prohibitions or restrictions in the order.

(4)If any consultation requirements apply, they must be complied with before a PCT order is made.

(5)In this section, ”consultation requirements” means requirements about consultation contained in regulations (and the regulations must impose requirements where a PCT order establishes a Primary Care Trust).

(6)Schedule 5A to this Act (which makes further provision about Primary Care Trusts) shall have effect.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 16A, 16B inserted (8.9.1999 for specified purposes for E. and 4.1.2000 insofar as not already in force for E.) by 1999 c. 8, s. 2(1); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(2)(a)(3), Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 16A extended (19.12.2001 for E.) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 45(5), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2001/4149, art. 2(a)

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