General power to provide servicesE+W
2Secretary of State's general powerE+W
(1)The Secretary of State may—
(a)provide such services as he considers appropriate for the purpose of discharging any duty imposed on him by this Act, and
(b)do anything else which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of such a duty.
(2)Subsection (1) does not affect—
(a)the Secretary of State's powers apart from this section,
(b)Chapter 1 of Part 7 (pharmaceutical services).