SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments

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1

Section 97E (resource limits for Primary Care Trusts) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for “the Health Authority for the trust’s area” there is substituted “ the Secretary of State ”.

3

For subsection (2A) there is substituted—

2A

But in specifying an amount for a Primary Care Trust under subsection (1) above (or in varying the amount under subsection (4) below), the Secretary of State may take into account (in whatever way he thinks appropriate)—

a

any such use of resources; and

b

the use of any resources which would have been for the purpose of the trust’s general Part 2 expenditure but for an order under section 103(1) below,

during any period he thinks appropriate (or such elements of such uses of resources as he thinks appropriate).