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(1)It is the Secretary of State’s duty to establish in accordance with this [F1section, in the case of the area of each Health Authority, a council for the area, or separate councils for such separate parts of the area] as he thinks fit, and such a council shall be called a Community Health Council.
(2)The Secretary of State—
(a)may if he thinks fit discharge this duty by establishing a Community Health Council for a district which includes the areas or parts of the areas of two or more [F2Health Authorities], but
(b)shall be treated as not having discharged that duty unless he secures that there is no part of the area of [F3a Health Authority]which is not included in some Community Health Council’s district.
(3)The additional provisions of Schedule 7 to this Act have effect in relation to Community Health Councils.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 20(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 para. 11(a) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F2Words in s. 20(2)(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 para. 11(b)(i) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F3Words in s. 20(2)(b) substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(b)(ii) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 20 modified (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 27(7)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
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