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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE,WALES

Made 11th October 1999

Laid before Parliament 11th October 1999

Coming into force 1st November 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Health Act 1999^f1 and section 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977^f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales^f3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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f1: 1999 c. 8.
f2: 1977 c. 49. Section 126(4) applies in relation to any power to make regulations conferred by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”) (see section 62(4) of the 1999 Act). Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and paragraph 37(5) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act.
f3: The power conferred by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act is exercisable by the Secretary of State only after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales, by virtue of article 5(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the National Assembly of Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), as amended by section 66(4) and (6) of the 1999 Act.