# The Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2000 S.I. 2000/694 · made 9 March 2000 This Order makes amendments to certain enactments consequential upon provisions of the Health Act 1999 (“the Act”) concerning Primary Care Trusts and high security psychiatric services. Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 126); Health Act 1999 (Section 63) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999-supplementary-consequential-etc-provisions-no-2-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20000694_en.pdf ## Introductory text NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 9th March 2000 Laid before Parliament 10th March 2000 Coming into force 1st April 2000 The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 63 of the Health Act 1999, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. ## 2 Extent and interpretation (1) Subject to the following paragraphs, this Order extends only to England and Wales. (2) Article 1, this article, paragraphs 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the Schedule to this Order and article 3, in so far as it relates to those paragraphs, extend also to Scotland. (3) Any reference to a Primary Care Trust in any enactment amended by this Order is to be construed as a reference to a Primary Care Trust established for an area in England. ## 3 Consequential amendments The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are amended as there specified. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 9th March 2000 ## Schedule: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS ### Part I: ACTS ### Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 ## 1 In Schedule 1A to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (additional requirements in probation orders), in paragraph 5(10), for “a special hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977” substitute “hospital premises at which high security psychiatric services within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977 are provided”. ### Part II: REGULATIONS AND ORDERS ### The Statutory Sick Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 1991 ## 2 (1) The Statutory Sick Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 1991 are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), after paragraph (2) insert— “(3) In these Regulations, “Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977.” (3) In regulation 2 (treatment of more than one contract of employment as one contract), after “two or more contracts,” insert “or where an order under paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service Act 1977 provides that a person’s contract of employment is so divided,”. (4) In regulation 5 (treatment of two or more employers as one), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute— “(a) in the case of a person whose contract of employment is treated by a scheme under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 as divided— (i) the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust from which the employee was transferred, in a case where any one of the employee’s contracts of service is with that Health Authority or Primary Care Trust; or (ii) the first NHS trust to which a contract of service was transferred in a case where none of the employee’s contracts of service are with the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust from which he was transferred; or (b) in the case of a person whose contract of employment is divided as provided by an order under paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service Act 1977— (i) the Health Authority, NHS trust or Primary Care Trust from which the employee was transferred, in a case where any one of the employee’s contracts of service is with that body; or (ii) the first Primary Care Trust to which a contract of service was transferred in a case where none of the employee’s contracts of service are with the body from which he was transferred.”. ### The Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 1991 ## 3 (1) The Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 1991 are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), after paragraph (2) insert— “(3) In these Regulations, “Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977.” (3) In regulation 2 (treatment of more than one contract of employment as one contract), after “two or more contracts,” insert “or where an order under paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service Act 1977 provides that a woman’s contract of employment is so divided,”. (4) In regulation 5 (treatment of two or more employers as one), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute— “(a) in the case of a woman whose contract of employment is treated by a scheme under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 as divided— (i) the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust from which the woman was transferred, in a case where any one of the contracts of service is with that Health Authority or Primary Care Trust; or (ii) the first NHS trust to which a contract of service was transferred in a case where none of the contracts of service are with the Health Authority or Primary Care Trust from which she was transferred; or (c) in the case of a woman whose contract of employment is divided as provided by an order under paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service Act 1977— (i) the Health Authority, NHS trust or Primary Care Trust from which the woman was transferred, in a case where any one of the contracts of service is with that body; or (ii) the first Primary Care Trust to which a contract of service was transferred in a case where none of the contracts of service are with the body from which she was transferred.”. ### The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991 ## 4 In regulation 7 of the Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991— (a) in paragraph (1)(a), after “health authorities” insert “, Primary Care Trusts”; and (b) in paragraph (2)— (i) in paragraph (a), after “health authority” insert “, a Primary Care Trust”; and (ii) in paragraph (b), after “health authorities” insert “, Primary Care Trusts”. ### The Children (Secure Accommodation) (No. 2) Regulations 1991 ## 5 In regulation 2 of the Children (Secure Accommodation) (No. 2) Regulations 1991, in paragraph (1), after “health authority” insert “, a Primary Care Trust”. ### The Redundancy Payments (National Health Service) (Modification) Order 1993 ## 6 In Schedule 1 to the Redundancy Payments (National Health Service) (Modification) Order 1993 (employment to which the Order applies), after paragraph 2 insert— “2A a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the 1977 Act;”. ### The Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment of National Health Service Employees) (Modification) Order 1996 ## 7 In article 1 of the Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment of National Health Service Employees) (Modification) Order 1996 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)(b)— (a) omit “and” at the end of paragraph (x); and (b) at the end of paragraph (xi) insert “and (xii) a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;”. ### The Welfare Food Regulations 1996 ## 8 In regulation 2 of the Welfare Food Regulations 1996, in paragraph (1)— (a) in the definition of “clinic”, in paragraph (a)— (i) in sub-paragraph (i), after “Health Authority” insert “, by a Primary Care Trust”; and (ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), after “Health Authority” insert “, by a Primary Care Trust”; (b) after the definition of “period of validity” insert the following definition— ““Primary Care Trust” has the same meaning as in section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;”. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order makes amendments to certain enactments consequential upon provisions of the Health Act 1999 (“the Act”) concerning Primary Care Trusts and high security psychiatric services. Article 2 of the Order deals with extent and interpretation. Article 3 and Part I of the Schedule make an amendment to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, consequential upon the provisions of the Act relating to high security psychiatric services. Article 3 and Part II of the Schedule make amendments to various regulations and orders, consequential upon the establishment, under the Act, of Primary Care Trusts. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/694 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999-supplementary-consequential-etc-provisions-no-2-order-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.