SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Amendments of the National Health Service Act 2006

PART 1 The health service in England

2 (1) Section 6 (performance of functions outside England) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Where the Secretary of State has a duty or power to provide anything under section 2A or 2B or Schedule 1, that thing may be provided outside England.”

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Where a clinical commissioning group or the Board has a duty or power to arrange for the provision of anything under section 3, 3A, 3B or 4 or Schedule 1, it may arrange for that thing to be provided outside England.”

(4) In subsection (2) for “The Secretary of State’s functions” substitute “The functions of the Secretary of State, the Board and clinical commissioning groups”.