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Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Section 182: Special Health Authorities

420.Subsection (1) amends section 16B of the 1977 Act in relation to the exercise of functions by PCTs. An Order may provide for the transfer to a Special Health Authority of the rights and liabilities of a PCT under a GDS contract where the Special Health Authority is to exercise functions on its behalf, and for transfer back should that function cease. Subsection (2) makes similar provisions in relation to LHBs in Wales.

421.For example, a GDS contract may provide for payments to dentists under such a contract to be made by the new Special Health Authority rather than PCTs. This section would allow an Order to provide for the Special Health Authority to take on the PCT’s contractual responsibility for the payments it makes under the contract.

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