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An Act to extend the powers conferred by section 5(2)(c) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and to amend certain provisions of that Act relating to the Public Health Laboratory Service Board.
[29th March 1979]
(1)In section 5 of the National Health Service Act 1977 M1 (miscellaneous services) in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) (provision of a microbiological service for the control of the spread of infectious diseases) for the words following “diseases” there shall be substituted “ and carry on such other activities as in his opinion can conveniently be carried on in conjunction with that service ”.
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(2A)Charges may be made for services or materials supplied by virtue of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above; and the powers conferred by that paragraph may be exercised both for the purposes of the health service and for other purposes.”
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(3)(4) repealed (1.4.2005) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/457, art. 2(b); S.I. 2005/457, art. 2(b)
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C1The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F2S. 2 repealed (1.4.2005) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/457, art. 2(b)
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C2The text of s. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Public Health Laboratory Service Act 1979.
(2)This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
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