The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 261

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1999

Made

8th February 1999

Laid before Parliament

8th February 1999

Coming into force

Part I and regulation 31

9th February 1999

Parts II and IV except regulation 31

28th February 1999

Part III

1st April 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and sections 14(2) and (6), 15(7) and 16 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

1990 c. 19. Sections 14, 15 and 16 were amended by, respectively, paragraphs 73, 74 and 75 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), and sections 14 and 15 were amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). Section 14 was extended by section 19 of that Act.