The Isles of Scilly (Health) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 448

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

The Isles of Scilly (Health) Order 2001

Made

17th February 2001

Laid before Parliament

20th February 2001

Coming into force

14th March 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 68(5) of the Health Act 1999(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Isles of Scilly (Health) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 14th March 2001.

Application of the Health Act 1999 to the Isles of Scilly

2.  Part I and Part III of the Health Act 1999 shall apply to the Isles of Scilly with the modification that, in the application of those provisions to those Isles, any reference to a local authority is to be construed as a reference to the Council of the Isles of Scilly(2).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

17th February 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends, with an appropriate modification of the references to a local authority, Parts I and III of the Health Act 1999 to the Isles of Scilly as from 14th March 2001. Parts I and III of the Act apply to England and Wales; Part II of the Act applies to Scotland only. Part I of the Act makes provision in relation to the National Health Service in England and Wales, including provision for partnership between NHS bodies and local authorities, and the control of prices of medicines supplied to the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and the profits accruing from such supply. Part III of the Act contains miscellaneous and supplementary provisions, including provisions relating to the regulation of the health care and associated professions.

(1)

1999 c. 8.

(2)

See section 265 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).