Valid from 08/09/1999
(1)This section applies to functions which are exercisable by a Primary Care Trust under or by virtue of this Act (including this section), the M1National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or any prescribed provision of any other Act.
(2)Regulations may provide for any functions to which this section applies to be exercised—
(a)by another Primary Care Trust,
(b)by a Special Health Authority, or
(c)jointly with any one or more of the following: Health Authorities, NHS trusts and other Primary Care Trusts.
(3)Regulations may provide—
(a)for any functions to which this section applies to be exercised, on behalf of the Primary Care Trust by whom they are exercisable, by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the trust,
(b)for any functions which, under this section, are exercisable by a Special Health Authority to be exercised, on behalf of that authority, by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority,
(c)for any functions which, under this section, are exercisable by a Primary Care Trust jointly with one or more Health Authorities or other Primary Care Trusts (but not with any NHS trusts) to be exercised, on behalf of the health service bodies in question, by a joint committee or joint sub-committee.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 16A, 16B inserted (8.9.1999 for specified purposes for E., 4.1.2000 insofar as not already in force for E. and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, s. 2(1); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(2)(a)(3), Sch. 2
Marginal Citations