4For the purposes of section 15(3) of the M1National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (which relates to a preserved Board of Governors)—
(a)section 14 of the M2National Health Service Act 1946 (conditions of service and appointment of officers) shall be treated as if—
(i)in subsection (1), for the words “subject to regulations,” there were substituted the words “subject to and in accordance with regulations and such directions as may be given by the Secretary of State,”; and
(ii)the following subsections were inserted after that subsection—
“(1A)Regulations or directions under subsection (1) of this section may provide for approvals or determinations to have effect from a date specified in them.
(1B)The date may be before or after the date of making the regulations or giving the directions but may not be before if it would be to the detriment of the officers to whom the approvals or determinations relate.”;
(b)section 66 (regulations as to qualifications, remuneration and conditions of service of officers) shall be treated as if, after the word “and”, in the second place where it occurs, there were inserted the words “, subject to directions under section 14(2) of this Act,”.