Health Act 2006

82 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49);

• “the 2003 Act” means the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43);

• “the appropriate national authority” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and

  (b)

  in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;

• “the health service”—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the 1977 Act,

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), and

  (c)

  in relation to Northern Ireland, means health services within the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)).

(2) In this Act “enactment” includes—

(a) any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)), and

(b) (in sections 17(5)(f) and 80(8)) any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland legislation,

and references to enactments include enactments passed or made after the passing of this Act.

(3) Subsection (2) applies except where the context otherwise requires.