SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Part 4: minor and consequential amendments

National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)

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(1)

Section 45 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the side-note, for “local representative committees” substitute “ Local Optical Committees and Local Pharmaceutical Committees ”.

(3)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “Health Authorities” substitute “ Local Health Boards ”;

(b)

omit paragraph (b).

(4)

In subsection (1ZA), omit paragraph (b) and the preceding “or”.

(5)

In subsection (1A)—

(a)

omit “Strategic Health Authority”;

(b)

for “Health Authority” substitute “ Local Health Board ”.

(6)

In subsection (1C), for the words from “an area” to the end substitute “ an area under subsection (B2)(b)(ii) of section 44 above shall, in respect of each year, determine the amount of its administrative expenses for that year attributable to the persons providing local pharmaceutical services in the Primary Care Trust’s area ”.

(7)

In subsection (2), for “Health Authority”, in both places, substitute “ Local Health Board ”.

(8)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

for “Health Authority”, in both places, substitute “ Local Health Board ”;

(b)

omit “general medical services, general dental services,”.

(9)

In subsection (4), for the words from “deputy medical practitioners” to “as the case may be” substitute “ persons providing local pharmaceutical services ”.