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1In the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (bodies to which the Act applies), after paragraph 1(gg) there is inserted—
“(gh)Local Health Boards;”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I2Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
2(1)Section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (provision of instruction for officers of hospital authorities etc) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(a), for “or Primary Care Trust” there is substituted “ , Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board ”.
(3)In subsection (5A), for “or Primary Care Trust”, in both places, there is substituted “ , Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board ”.
(4)In subsection (5B), the “and” at the end of paragraph (bb) is omitted, and after that paragraph there is inserted—
“(bbb)Local Health Boards; and”.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I4Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
3In section 3 of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (employers exempted from insurance), in subsection (2)(a)—
(a)for “1978 and” there is substituted “ 1978, ”, and
(b)after “1977” there is inserted “ and a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of that Act ”.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I6Sch. 5 para. 3 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F114E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F115E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F116E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F117E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F1Sch. 5 paras. 4-20 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
21E+W[F2In section 98 (accounts and audit), in subsection (1), after paragraph (bb) there is inserted—
“(bbb)every Local Health Board;”.]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 5 para. 21 repealed (1.2.2007 so far as relating to Welsh NHS bodies) by Health Act 2006 (c. 28), s. 83(7), Sch. 9; S.I. 2007/204, art. 4(c)
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I8Sch. 5 para. 21 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 5 para. 22 repealed (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) by The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)
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F4Sch. 5 para. 23 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 5 para. 24 repealed (20.10.2003 for W., 1.12.2003 for E.) by Health (Wales) Act 2003 (c. 4), s. 10(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2003/2660, art. 2(1)(iii)(2); S.I. 2003/3064, art. 2(1)(iii)(2)
25In section 16 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (statutory undertakers’ land excluded from compulsory purchase), in subsection (3), the “and” at the end of paragraph (b) is omitted, and at the end of paragraph (c) there is inserted
“and
(d)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of that Act;”.
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I10Sch. 5 para. 25 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
26In section 1 of the Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985 (hospital complaints procedure), in subsection (1B), after “Trust”, where it first occurs, there is inserted “ and Local Health Board ”, and in the second place where it occurs there is inserted “ or Local Health Board ”.
Commencement Information
I11Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I12Sch. 5 para. 26 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
F627. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 5 para. 27 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)
28In Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (grounds for possession of dwelling-houses let on assured tenancies), in the second paragraph of Ground 16, after “1990,” there is inserted “ or by a Local Health Board, ”.
Commencement Information
I13Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I14Sch. 5 para. 28 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
29In section 144 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security), in subsection (2)(da), after “1977” there is inserted “ , by a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of that Act ”.
Commencement Information
I15Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I16Sch. 5 para. 29 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
30The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is amended as follows.
Commencement Information
I17Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I18Sch. 5 para. 30 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
F731E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 5 paras. 31-33 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F732E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 5 paras. 31-33 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F733E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 5 paras. 31-33 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
34E+WIn section 49 (transfer of staff from health service to local authorities), in subsection (4)(b), after “Health Authority” there is inserted “ , Local Health Board ”.
Commencement Information
I19Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I20Sch. 5 para. 34 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
35E+WIn section 61 (health service bodies: taxation), in subsection (3), after “Primary Care Trust” there is inserted “ or Local Health Board ”.
Commencement Information
I21Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I22Sch. 5 para. 35 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 5 para. 36 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
37In section 6 of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (meaning of “public body”), in subsection (1), after paragraph (f) there is inserted—
“(ff)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977;”.
Commencement Information
I23Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I24Sch. 5 para. 37 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 5 para. 38 repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 7; S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
39In Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (exempt vehicles), in paragraph 7, at the end of sub-paragraph (d) there is inserted
“or
(e)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of that Act.”
Commencement Information
I25Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I26Sch. 5 para. 39 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
40In section 41 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (application to Crown), in subsection (7), after “Primary Care Trust” there is inserted “ and a Local Health Board ”.
Commencement Information
I27Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I28Sch. 5 para. 40 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
41In section 69 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (meaning of “health professional”), in subsection (3), after paragraph (bb) there is inserted—
“(bbb)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of that Act,”.
Commencement Information
I29Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I30Sch. 5 para. 41 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
42(1)The Government of Wales Act 1998 is amended as provided in this paragraph.
(2)In Schedule 5 (bodies and offices covered by section 74), after paragraph 25 there is inserted—
“25AA Local Health Board.”
(3)In Schedule 17 (audit etc of Welsh public bodies), after paragraph 12 there is inserted—
“12AA Local Health Board.”
Commencement Information
I31Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I32Sch. 5 para. 42 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 5 para. 43 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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F11Sch. 5 para. 44 repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13
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F12Sch. 5 para. 45 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
46In section 121 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (general interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “National Health Service body”, for “or a Primary Care Trust” there is substituted “ , a Primary Care Trust or a Local Health Board ”.
Commencement Information
I33Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I34Sch. 5 para. 46 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
47In section 138 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (Wales: provision of information by public bodies), in subsection (3), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—
“(ba)a Local Health Board,”.
Commencement Information
I35Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I36Sch. 5 para. 47 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
48In Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (public authorities for the purposes of the Act), in Part 3 (National Health Service), after paragraph 39 there is inserted—
“39AA Local Health Board established under section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977.”
Commencement Information
I37Sch. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 42(3); Sch. 5 in force for W. at 10.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.
I38Sch. 5 para. 48 in force at 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force by S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 (with art. 4)
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Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 5 paras. 49-51 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 5 paras. 49-51 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 5 paras. 49-51 repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
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