SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON PART 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORM AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT 2002

PART 2STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988

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1

The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 198881 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “appropriate District Health Authority” there is substituted—

  • “appropriate health authority” means—

    1. a

      in Wales, the Health Authority within which a district of a local authority or a port health district is wholly or partly situated; and

    2. b

      in England, the Primary Care Trust—

      1. i

        any part of whose area falls within that of the local authority or port health district of the proper officer; and

      2. ii

        which appears to the proper officer to be the relevant Primary Care Trust.

b

the definition of “District Health Authority” is omitted; and

c

there is inserted, in the appropriate alphabetical position—

  • “Health Authority” means a Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

  • “Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;

3

In regulations 6 and 8, for “District Health Authority”, in each place where it occurs, there is substituted “health authority”.