National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)

Part V E+W+S Property and Finance

Finance and accounts S

85 Expenses of certain bodies and travelling expenses and receipts. S

[F1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), there shall, in respect of each financial year, be paid by the Secretary of State sums not exceeding the amount allotted F2 by him for that year to each of the following bodies towards meeting the expenditure attributable to the performance by that body of their functions in that year—

(a)

F3 (b) every Health Board;

(c) the Agency;

(d) the Medical Practices Committee;

(e) the Dental Estimates Board;

(f) the Tribunal;

(g) every local health council.

[F4 (1A) The date on which an allotment under subsection (1) above [F5 or subsection (2)(a) below] (including an allotment increasing or reducing an allotment previously made) takes effect is the date on which the body receiving the allotment are notified of its amount by the Secretary of State.]

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the expenditure of a Health Board which is attributable to the performance of their functions under Part II, but in that respect there shall, in respect of each financial year, be paid by the Secretary of State

[F6 (a) such amounts as he may allot for any kind of expenditure attributable to reimbursement of expenses of persons providing services in pursuance of that Part; and

(b) sums equal to any other expenditure attributable to remuneration of persons providing such services.]

(2A) The Secretary of State may give directions to a body referred to in subsection (1) with respect to the application of the sums paid to them under that subsection and it shall be the duty of any body to whom directions have been given under this subsection to comply with the directions.]

(3) The expenditure of a University Liaison Committee shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be the expenditure of the Health Board for whose area it is constituted, and, where a University Liaison Committee is constituted for the areas of more than one Health Board, its expenditure shall be apportioned between the Boards concerned in such manner as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

(4) Payments under subsection (1) shall be made at such times and in such manner, and subject to such conditions as to records, certificates or otherwise, as the Secretary of State may determine.

(5)

F7 (6) Any sums received by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund, F8 .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 85(1)-(2A) substituted for s. 85(1)(2) by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), s. 6(3)(5) in relation to the financial year 1980 to 1981 and subsequent years

F2 Words repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I

F3 S. 85(1)(a) repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F4 S. 85(1A) inserted by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 6(3)

F5 Words inserted by Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49, SIF 113:2), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 14

F6 S. 85(2)(a)(b) substituted for words commencing “sums equal to the expenditure" by Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49, SIF 113:2), s. 16(3)

F7 S. 85(5) repealed by Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7, SIF 113:1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5

F8 Words repealed by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Sch. 7

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 85(1)(2A)(4)(6) extended by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 2(8)(a), 17(2), 91(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(c)

C2 Ss. 85(1)(2A), 85A(1)(3)(4) applied (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1990/2639, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I

C3 S. 85(1)(2A) applied (with modifications) (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/577, art. 5(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I.