Part II The National Health Service: Scotland

NHS trusts

49 Duties of NHS trusts.

1

Paragraph 6 of Schedule 7A to the 1978 Act is amended as follows.

2

For sub-paragraph (1) there is substituted—

1

In carrying out the functions for the time being conferred on it an NHS trust shall comply with any directions given to it by the Secretary of State, whether of a general or of a particular nature.

3

Sub-paragraph (2) is omitted.