National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978

83 Power of Health Boards and local health councils to hold property on trust. S

(1) A Health Board [F1 , and HIS,] shall have power to accept, hold and administer any property on trust for purposes relating to any service which it is their function to make arrangements for, administer or provide, or to their functions with respect to research.

[F2 (1ZA ) Any reference in subsection (1) to a function of HIS is to be construed as a reference to that body's health service functions only.]

[F3 (1A) A Health Board shall have power to accept, hold and administer any property on trust for purposes relating to any service which it is the function of any NHS trust in the area of the Health Board to make arrangements for, administer or provide.]

(2) A local health council shall have power to accept, hold and administer any property on trust for purposes relating to any function conferred upon them by or under any enactment.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 83(1) inserted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 17 para. 12(a); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.

F2 S. 83(1ZA) inserted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 17 para. 12(b); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.

F3 S. 83(1A) inserted (12.2.2004) by Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), ss. 10(3), 21(3); S.S.I. 2003/602, art. 2(4)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 83(1) applied (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1990/2639, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I

C2 S. 83(1) applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/577, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 6)

S. 83(1) applied (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/574, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 6)

S. 83(1) applied (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/686, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I

S. 83(1) applied (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/726, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I

S. 83(1) applied (1.4.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/47, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I

S. 83(1) applied (6.4.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/137, art. 5(1), Sch. Pt. I

S. 83(1) applied (31.3.2002) by S.S.I. 2002/103, art. 6, Sch. Pt. I (with art. 4(4))

S. 83(1) applied (27.6.2002) by S.S.I. 2002/305, art. 5(1), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 4(4))

C3 S. 83(1)(1A) applied (7.12.2019) by The Public Health Scotland Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/336), art. 1(2), sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with art. 4(4)(5))