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1E+W+SThe bodies to which in England and Wales this Act applies are—
[F1(a) parish or community councils, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and joint boards or joint committees which discharge functions of any of those bodies (or of any of those bodies and of a principal council, within the meaning of the Local Government Act M1 1972, or a body falling within paragraph ( a ), ( b ) or ( c ) of section 100J(1) of that Act) ]
[F2(aa)(ab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] F2
(b)the parish meetings of rural parishes;
F3(ba). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(bb). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(bc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(bd)the Care Council for Wales;
[F6(bd)the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals;]
F5( be )the General Social Care Council;]
F7( bf ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(bg) the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection;
(bh)the Commission for Social Care Inspection;]
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
[F12(ea)Strategic Health Authorities;]
[F13(f) Health Authorities, except as regards the exercise of functions under the M2 National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992 or any regulations amending or replacing those Regulations; ]
[F13(g)if the order establishing a Special Health Authority so provides, the Special Health Authority;]
F14 [( gg )Primary Care Trusts [F15,except as regards the exercise of functions under the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992 or any regulations amending or replacing those Regulations]]
[F16(gh)Local Health Boards;]
( h ) bodies not mentioned above but having, within the meaning of the M3 Public Works Loans Act, 1875, power to levy a rate (other than [F17 bodies to which sections 100A to 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 apply, whether or not by virtue of section 100E or 100J of that Act ] ).
[F18(i)regional and local flood defence committees;]
(j)advisory committees established and maintained under [F19section 12 or 13 of the Environment Act 1995];
[F20(k)regional committees of the Consumer Council for Water established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.]
[F21(l)National Health Service trusts established under section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.]
[F22(m)the Wales Centre for Health;]
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. para. 1 (a) substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(4)
F2 Sch. para. 1 (aa)(ab) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 37 and repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3
F3Sch. para. 1(ba) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(2), 7, Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 3(1))
F4 Sch. para. 1(bc) repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13
F5 Sch. para. 1(bd)(be)(bf) inserted (1.4.2001 for W. in so far as it relates to the council; 9.4.2001 for E. as far as it relates to the National Care Standards Commission; 7.5.2001 for E. as far as it relates to the General Social Care Council and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 6, 54, 66, Sch. 1 para. 23; S.I. 2000/2992, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 2001/1193, art. 2(3)(b); S.I. 2001/1536, art. 2(2)(a)(ii)
F6 Words in Sch. para 1(bd) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 17 , art. 25(4) , Sch. 7 para. 21 ; S.I. 2002/2202 , art. 2(2)(b)
F7 Sch. para. 1(bf) repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1) (4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13
F8Sch. para 1(bg)(bh) added (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 09 para. 2 ; S.I. 2004/759 , art. 5(2)(b)
F9 Sch. para. 1 (c) repealed by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I
F10 Sch. para. 1 (d) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3
F11 Sch. para. 1 (e) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F12 Sch. para. 1(ea) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469 , reg. 4 , Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
F13Sch. para. 1(f)(g) substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by virtue of 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III, para. 91 (with Scj. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F14 Sch. para. 1(gg) inserted (S.) (1.10.1999) and (E.) (4.1.2000) and (W.) ( prosp. ) by 1999 c. 8 , ss. 65(1) , 67(1) , Sch. 4 para. 1 ; S.S.I. 1999/90 , art. 2(b) ; S.I. 1999/2342 , art. 2(3)(a) , Sch. 2
F15 Words in Sch. para. 1(gg) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469 , reg. 4 , Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
F16 Sch. para. 1(gh) inserted (25.6.2002 for certain purposes and 10.10.2002 for (W.), 1.3.2007) by 2002 c. 17, s. 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 1; S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 12
F17 Words substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(6)
F18 Sch. para. 1 (i)(j)(k) inserted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 28, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
F19 Words in Sch. para. 1(j) substituted (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1996/593, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 1
F20 Sch. para. 1(k) substituted (1.10.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 17; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 2(l)(i)
F21 Sch. para. 1(l) added (6.2.1998) by S.I. 1997/2763 , art. 2(2)
F22Sch. para. 1(m) added (1.04.2005) by Health (Wales) Act 2003 (c. 4), s. 10(2), Sch. 03 para. 1; S.I. 2003/2660, art. 3(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 Sch. para. 1 (h) excluded by S.I. 1986/1929, art. 2
Marginal Citations
2E+W+SThe bodies to which in Scotland this Act applies are—
(a)—(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23
[F24(d)Health Boards constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act [F251978], but only so far as regards the exercise of their executive functions]
[F26(dd)National Health Service trusts established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 F27.]
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28
Textual Amendments
F23Sch. para. 2(a)(b)(c) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(7), Sch. 3
F24Sch. para. 2(d) substituted for para. 2(d)(e) by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Sch. 6 para. 118
F25 “1978” substituted by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 113:2), Sch. 16 para. 14
F26Sch. para. 2(dd) added (6.2.1998) by S.I. 1997/2763, art. 2(3)
F27Section 12A was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 31.
F28Sch. para. 2(f) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(7), Sch. 3
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