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Article 2 Amendment of article 1 of the Establishment Order

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In article 1 of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

for the definition of “the Act” substitute—

  • ““the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;”

(b)

after the definition of “the Act”, insert—

  • ““community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or paragraph 2 or 7Af1 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and any service which he has a duty to provide under paragraph 1 or 8 of that Schedule;”;

(c)

in the definition of “operational date”, for “paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act” substitute “paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 4 to the Act”; and

(d)

after the definition of “operational date” insert—

  • ““primary care services” means primary medical services, primary dental services, primary ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical servicesf2;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Paragraph 7A was inserted by section 143 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14).

f2

For the meaning of these expressions, see sections 83, 99, 115, 126(8) and 276 of the Act.