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.