SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Amendments relating to Personal Medical Services and Personal Dental Services
Part 1Amendments of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997
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The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
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Section 21(1) (which inserts new sections 28C and 28D into the 1977 Act) is amended as provided in this paragraph.
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In the new section 28C (personal medical or dental services)—
a
in subsection (1), before “Health Authority” there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authority or a
”
,
b
in subsection (3), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), after “by the” there is inserted “
Primary Care Trust or
”
, and
c
in subsection (6), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), before “Health Authority” there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authority or a
”
.
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In the new section 28D (persons with whom section 28C agreements may be made), in subsection (1), before “Health Authority” there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authority or a
”
.
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In section 22(1) (which inserts a new section 28E into the 1977 Act), in that new section 28E (which provides for regulations as to personal medical or dental services)—
a
in subsection (2)(a), after “than” there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authorities and
”
,
b
in subsection (3)(k), after “authorise” there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authorities and
”
,
c
in subsection (7)(a), after “circumstances)” there is inserted “
Primary Care Trusts and
”
, and
d
in subsection (8)(a), before “Health Authority”
(in both places) there is inserted “
Strategic Health Authority or
”
.
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In section 40 (interpretation), in subsection (2), at the end of the definition of “authority” there is inserted “
, except in Schedule 1
”
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