2004 No. 1427

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Amendment Regulations 2004

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7(3) and (4), 8(2) to (4) and 64(6) to (8) of the Health and Social Care Act 20011 and by sections 17 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19772 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21st June 2004.

2

These Regulations apply to England only.

3

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Regulations 20023.

Amendment of the principal Regulations2

1

Regulation 1(3) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In the definition of “local authority”, in both paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively, after “applies”, for “and” there is substituted “,”; and after “London” there is inserted “and the Council of the Isles of Scilly4”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Rosie WintertonMinister of StateDepartment of Health

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Regulations 2002 in order to extend their application to the Council of the Isles of Scilly.