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Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
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Chapter 3 NHS health care: functions of CHAI
Chapter 4 NHS health care: functions of National Assembly for Wales
Chapter 5 Social services: functions of CSCI
Chapter 6 Social services: functions of National Assembly for Wales
Chapter 7 Functions under the Care Standards Act 2000
Chapter 10 Supplementary and general
Part 3 Recovery of NHS charges
Part 4 Dental and medical services
SCHEDULES
Constitution of public benefit corporations
2.The constitution is to name the corporation and, if the...
5.The constitution is to require a minimum number of members...
8.(1) The following may not become or continue as members...
11.The corporation may pay travelling and other expenses to members...
12.The constitution is to provide for the chairman of the...
13.(1) The constitution is to provide for meetings of the...
21.The constitution is to make provision for dealing with conflicts...
22.(1) A public benefit corporation is to make the following...
25.(1) A public benefit corporation is to prepare in respect...
27.(1) A public benefit corporation is to give information as...
28.Meeting of board of governors to consider annual accounts and reports
1.An order under section 25(3) may provide for the transfer...
2.The contract of employment of an employee transferred under such...
3.Where an employee is so transferred— (a) all the rights,...
5.This Schedule does not prejudice any right of an employee...
6.In this Schedule, “date of transfer” means the date decided...
Amendments relating to NHS foundation trusts
1.The Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936 (c. 17)
2.In section 1 (definitions), in the definition of “voluntary hospital”,...
4.In section 24 (authority liable for provision of accommodation), in...
6.In Schedule 1 (definition of public records), in the Table...
10.In section 1 (medical termination of pregnancy), in subsection (3),...
12.In section 28 (retention or assumption of land required for...
14.In section 63 (provisions of instruction for officers of hospital...
15.The Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (c. 57)
16.In section 3 (employers exempted from insurance), in subsection (2)(a),...
18.In section 113 (placing of staff of local authorities at...
20.In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (disqualifying offices), there is...
22.In Schedule 1A (bodies and other persons subject to general...
24.In section 18A (provision of services etc. by PCTs), in...
25.In section 22 (co-operation between health authorities and local authorities),...
27.In section 28A (power to make payments towards expenditure on...
28.In section 63 (hospital accommodation on part payment), in subsection...
29.In section 65 (accommodation and services for private patients), in...
30.In section 81 (charges for more expensive supplies), in paragraph...
31.In section 82 (charges for repairs and replacements in certain...
32.In section 83A (remission and repayment of charges and payment...
33.In section 84 (inquiries), in subsection (1), at the end...
34.In section 91 (private trusts for hospitals), in subsection (3),...
36.In section 96 (trusts: supplementary provisions), any reference to sections...
37.In section 96A (powers of health bodies to raise money...
38.In section 103 (special arrangement as to payment of remuneration),...
39.In section 105 (payments for certain medical examinations), in subsection...
40.In section 122 (recovery of charges), in subsection (1), after...
41.In section 125 (protection of members and officers of authorities)—...
42.In section 128 (interpretation and construction), in subsection (1), in...
43.In Schedule 5A (Primary Care Trusts), in paragraph 20(1), after...
44.In Schedule 8A (local pharmaceutical services schemes), in paragraph 1(8),...
45.In Schedule 12A (expenditure of Health Authorities and Primary Care...
47.The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 is amended as follows....
48.In section 16 (statutory undertakers' land excluded from compulsory purchase),...
49.In section 17 (local authority and statutory undertakers' land), in...
51.In section 12 (general provisions as to medical recommendation), in...
52.In section 19 (regulations as to transfer of patients), in...
53.In section 23 (discharge of patients)— (a) in subsection (3),...
54.In section 24 (visiting and examination by patients), in subsection...
55.In section 32 (regulations for purposes of Part 2), in...
56.In section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of...
57.In section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after paragraph (bb)...
59.In section 6 (public departments etc.), in subsection (3)(b), at...
61.In section 13 (regulations for control of certain diseases), in...
62.In section 37 (removal to hospital of person with notifiable...
63.In section 41 (removal to hospital of inmate of common...
64.The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)
65.In section 2 (rights of authorised representatives of disabled persons),...
66.In section 7 (persons discharged from hospital), in subsection (9),...
68.After section 22B there is inserted— Application of Act to...
70.In section 1 (periodical reports on matters relating to AIDS...
72.In section 48 (material communicated to the Crown in the...
74.In section 144 (exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance), in...
76.In section 24 (persons qualifying for advice and assistance), in...
77.In section 24C (information), in subsection (2)(c), after “trust” there...
78.In section 27 (co-operation between authorities), in subsection (3)(d), for...
79.In section 47 (local authority’s duty to investigate), in subsection...
80.In section 80 (inspection of children’s homes etc. by persons...
81.In section 85 (children accommodated by health authorities and local...
82.In Schedule 2 (local authority support for children and families),...
83.The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)
84.In section 21 (schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc....
88.In section 11 (interpretation), in the definition of “health service...
90.In Schedule 4A (premises that are not to be disconnected...
92.In section 4 (interpretation of Part 2), in paragraph (d)...
94.In section 2 (the bodies subject to investigation), in subsection...
96.In Schedule 2 (exempt vehicles), in paragraph 7, after the...
98.In Schedule 8 (zero-rating), in the Notes to Group 12,...
101.In section 218 (change of employer), in subsection (10), after...
102.The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53)
103.In section 3 (ineligible applicants), in subsection (2)(f), for “or...
105.In section 332 (duty of Health Authority, a Primary Care...
107.In section 69 (meaning of “health professional”), in subsection (3),...
109.In section 31 (arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities),...
111.In section 42 (power to extend the application of Part...
112.In section 121 (general interpretation), in subsection (1), in the...
114.In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (National Health Service), after...
116.In section 7 (functions of overview and scrutiny committees)—
117.In section 28 (pilot schemes: local pharmaceutical services), in subsection...
118.In section 33 (NHS contracts), in subsection (1), after “body...
120.In Schedule 4 (extension of existing disclosure powers), at the...
122.In Schedule 1 (statutory bodies to which section 9 applies),...
123.The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)
124.In section 23 (joint working with the prison service), in...
126.In section 8 (adoption support agencies), in subsection (2)(d), for...
127.The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)
128.In section 133 (medical inspectors), in subsection (4)(a), after sub-paragraph...
129.The Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 (c. 5)
130.In section 1 (meaning of “NHS body” and “qualifying hospital...
Part 2: minor and consequential amendments
8.Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
17.In section 5, in paragraph (a), for “the National Care...
20.In section 11(4), for “the Commission” substitute “the CHAI or...
21.In section 23(4)(d), after the second “or” insert “against a...
22.In section 29(1)— (a) for “the Commission”, in the first...
23.In section 31— (a) in subsection (6), for “powers” substitute...
24.In section 36A for “the Commission”, in all places, substitute...
28.In section 55(3)(e)— (a) for “the Commission” substitute “the CSCI”;...
30.In section 121, in the Table in subsection (13), insert...
Part 4: minor and consequential amendments
5.In section 64(3)(b), after “make arrangements” insert “or any service...
9.In section 15(1)(a), for “general medical services, general dental services”...
10.In section 16BB(4), at the end insert “(including functions under...
11.In section 16BC(1), at the end insert “or sections 16CA...
12.In section 18A(3)— (a) in paragraph (a), omit “general medical,...
17.In section 28I(a), for the words from “personal medical services”...
19.In section 43(1), for “general medical services or general dental...
23.After section 45 insert— Local Medical Committees (1) A Primary Care Trust may recognise a committee formed...
24.In section 49N(1)— (a) in paragraph (a), for “49F(1)(a) to...
26.(1) Section 54 (as substituted by the National Health Service...
29.In section 78(3), for “paragraphs 2 and 5” substitute “paragraph...
31.In section 83A(1)(a), for the words from “section 77(1)” to...
36.In section 103(1)(a)— (a) after “in respect of” insert “primary...
38.In section 126(4), after “19A(7) above” insert “, or by...
39.In section 128(1), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order...
40.(1) In Schedule 7A, paragraph 3 is amended as follows....
43.In Schedule 10, in paragraph 3, for “general medical services...
44.In Schedule 12, in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “accordance with section...
45.In Schedule 12A, insert “or” after paragraphs 1(2)(b), 2(2)(a), 4(2)(aa),...
48.In section 11(4), in the definition of “medical practice”—
49.In section 12(2)(a), for “general medical services under Part II...
51.Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988 (c. 24)
54.In section 12(1)— (a) omit “The Dental Estimates Board shall...
56.National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)
59.Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)
71.In section 28(4), for the words from “personal medical services”...
73.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 5(2), for paragraphs (c) and...
74.National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)
Amendments consequential on the abolition of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board
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