6. Where immediately before the coming into force of this Order, a Health Authority (not being the relevant Health Authority as defined by sections 15(1B) and (1C) of the 1977 Act(1) as they were in force before 1st October 1999) acted as the relevant Health Authority for a member or former member of a fund-holding practice as a result of any of the relevant defects, Article 3 shall not apply and they shall continue to be treated as the relevant Health Authority in connection with the application of any provision relating to a fund-holding practice.
Sections 15(1B) and (1C) of the 1977 Act were repealed by the Health Act 1999.