Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1760
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ENGLAND AND WALES
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2002
Made
9th July 2002
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2002
Coming into force
1st August 2002
The Secretary of State for Health and the National Assembly for Wales, acting concurrently in exercise of powers conferred by sections 11(1), (2) and (4) and 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1977 c. 49, section 11 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and by Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act, by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act and by paragraph 37(6) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 11(1), (2) and (4) and 126(4) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I.1999/672 (“the 1999 Order”) as amended by section 66(4) to (6) of the 1999 Act. Functions under these sections of the 1977 Act, in relation to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, are, by their nature, exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2(c) of the 1999 Order.