(1)The Secretary of State must exercise his functions under this Act so as to secure that there are made available such facilities as he considers are reasonably required by any university which has a medical or dental school, in connection with—
(a)clinical teaching, and
(b)research connected with clinical medicine or clinical dentistry.
(2)Regulations may provide for any functions—
(a)exercisable by a Strategic Health Authority, Primary Care Trust, Special Health Authority or Local Health Board,
(b)in relation to the provision of facilities such as are mentioned in subsection (1),
to be exercisable by the body jointly with one or more NHS body other than an NHS foundation trust.