The 1977 Act is amended as follows.

In section 29 (arrangements and regulations for general medical services), in subsection (8), for paragraph (c) there is substituted—

In section 43C (indemnity cover), in subsection (3), for the definition of “list” there is substituted—

In section 97D (financial duties of Primary Care Trusts), in subsection (1)(b), “, apart from subsection (5A)” is omitted.

In section 104 (superannuation of officers of certain hospitals), in subsection (1)(a), for “Health Authorities” there is substituted “ NHS trusts ”.

In section 105 (payments for certain medical examinations), in subsection (2)(b), after “officer of a” there is inserted “ NHS trust, Primary Care Trust, ”.

In Schedule 7 (additional provisions about Community Health Councils), in paragraph 7, for the definition of “local authority” there is substituted—

In Schedule 12A (expenditure of Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts), in each of paragraphs 4(2)(b) and 5(2)(b), for “the Health Authority within whose area the area of the trust falls” there is substituted “ the trust ”.

The Medical Act 1983 is amended as follows.

In section 40 (appeals), in subsection (11), for “enabling directions to be given as to the costs of” there is substituted “ any order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) in relation to ”.

In Schedule 6 (transitional and saving provisions), in paragraph 18, “section 40(4) of this Act or” is omitted.

In section 29 of the Dentists Act 1984 (appeals), in subsection (4), for “enabling directions to be given as to the costs of” there is substituted “ any order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) in relation to ”.

In section 23 of the Opticians Act 1989 (appeals in disciplinary and other cases), in subsection (2), for “enabling directions to be given as to the costs of” there is substituted “ any order as to costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) in relation to ”.

In section 12 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (which relates to functions of health authorities), in subsection (4), the words after paragraph (b) are omitted.

In Schedule 10 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (amendments relating to social services), paragraph 11(4) is omitted.

The Health Authorities Act 1995 is amended as follows.

Section 1 (which substituted section 8 of the 1977 Act) is omitted.

In Schedule 1 (amendments), paragraphs 32(b), 53 and 107(12)(b) are omitted.

The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 is amended as follows.

In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (which makes pre-consolidation amendments), paragraphs 71(3), 73 and 75 are omitted.

The Government of Wales Act 1998 is amended as follows.

In section 27 (reform of Welsh health authorities), in subsection (7)(a), for “section 8(1) and (5)(a)” there is substituted “ section 8(1)(b) and (5)(b) ”.

Section 148 (Health Authorities) is omitted.

The 1999 Act is amended as follows.

In section 18 (duty of quality), in subsection (1), at the beginning there is inserted “It is the duty of each Strategic Health Authority to put and keep in place arrangements for the purpose of monitoring and improving the quality of health care which is provided to individuals in their area, and”.

In section 21 (arrangements with the Audit Commission), in subsection (1)(a), for “20(1)(b) or (d)” there is substituted “ 20(1)(b), (d), (da) or (db) ”.

In Schedule 4 (minor amendments), paragraphs 5, 31(2) and 35 are omitted.

The Health and Social Care Act 2001 is amended as follows.

In section 1 (determination of allotments to and resource limits for Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts), subsections (4) and (5) are omitted.

In section 3 (supplementary payments to NHS trusts and Primary Care Trusts), subsections (3) and (4) are omitted.

In section 43 (remote provision of pharmaceutical, etc, services), subsection (5) is omitted.

In Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 5(12)(b) is omitted.