Health and Medicines Act 1988
The General Practice Finance Corporation etc.
1 Vesting of property etc. of Corporation in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and dissolution of Corporation.
2 Powers of Secretary of State.
3 Corporation’s powers pending dissolution.
Provisions relating to the successor company
4 Treasury guarantees.
5 Statutory accounts of the successor company.
6 Corporation tax.
Additional powers for financing Health Service
7 Extension of powers of Secretary of State for financing the Health Service.
Retirement etc.
8 Retirement of practitioners.
9 Reduction of pension on re-employment after attaining 65.
Dental services, appliances and treatment and the Dental Estimates Board and Scottish Dental Estimates Board
10 Dental services.
11 Charges for dental appliances and treatment.
12 The Dental Estimates Board and the Scottish Dental Estimates Board—change of name and extension of functions.
General ophthalmic services, optical appliances and sight-testing
13 General ophthalmic services and optical appliances.
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Remuneration of practitioners etc.
15 Remuneration in respect of training.
16 Limits on reimbursement of expenses.
17 Arrangements for provision of general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services.
Staff
18 Transfer of staff from civil service to Health Service.
19 Abolition of power of local authorities to charge for their staff’s services to health authorities.
20 Instruction of staff in matters relating to health and welfare.
Medicines—licence fees
21 Fees for licences etc. under Part II of Medicines Act 1968.
Medicines—subordinate legislation
22 Construction of references to publications.
HIV testing kits and services
23 HIV testing kits and services.
General and supplementary
24 Financial provision.
25 Consequential amendments and repeals.
26 Commencement and transitional.
27 Northern Ireland.
28 Citation.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Provisions Supplementary to s.1
1Subject to the provisions of an order under section 1(1)...
2Where immediately before that day there is in force an...
3(1) It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt...
SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments
National Health Service Act 1977
1The National Health Service Act 1977 shall be amended as...
2In the second paragraph of section 25 (supplies not readily...
3 Consequential Amendments
4In paragraph (b) of section 36 (regulations about arrangements for...
5In section 78(2) (teaching hospital exemption from dental charges) for...
6In subsection (1)(a) of section 83A (remission and repayment of...
7 Consequential Amendments
8(1) The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (1)...
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
9The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 shall be amended...
10At the end of the second paragraph of section 23(5)...
11 Consequential Amendments
12In section 70(2) (teaching hospital exemption from dental charges) for...
13In subsection (1)(a) of section 75A (remission and repayment of...
14In section 85(1A) (date on which certain allotments to take...
15(1) The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (1)...
SCHEDULE 3 Repeals

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Health and Medicines Act 1988

1988 CHAPTER 49

An Act to make further provision in relation to the National Health Service, the testing of sight and instruction in matters relating to health and welfare; to amend the Medicines Act 1968 and the Medicines Act 1971 and to empower the Secretary of State to make regulations about HIV testing kits and services.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—