SCHEDULE 1CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 8th FEBRUARY 2000

Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

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In Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (matters not subject to investigation)12, paragraph 8 shall be renumbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and–

a

in that sub-paragraph as so renumbered, for “a Health Authority, a Special Health Authority” there is substituted “a Health Authority, a Primary Care Trust, a Special Health Authority”; and

b

after that sub-paragraph there is inserted the following sub-paragraph–

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For the purposes of this paragraph, action taken by a Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust in the exercise of functions of the Secretary of State shall be regarded as action taken on his behalf.