The National Health Service Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1)  In these Regulations —

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Health Act 1999;

• “the 1977 Act” (“Deddf 1977”) means the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “health improvement plan”(“cynllun gwella iechyd”) means a plan which a Health Authority is required to prepare under section 28 of the Act;

• “health-related functions” (“swyddogaethau sy'n gysylltiedig ag iechyd”) means the functions of local authorities prescribed under regulation 6;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a body to which regulation 3(2) applies;

• “National Health Service body” (“corff Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol”) means a body to which regulation 3(1) applies;

• “NHS contract” (“contract Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol”) has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1);

• “National Health Service functions” (“swyddogaethau'r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol”) means the functions of National Health Service bodies prescribed under regulation 5;

• “partners” (“partneriaid”), in relation to partnership arrangements, means one or more National Health Service bodies and one or more local authorities; and

• “partnership arrangements” (“trefniadau partneriaeth”) means the arrangements prescribed under regulations 7, 8 and 9.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to a paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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1990 c. 19