Introductory text
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made 19th July 2001
Laid before Parliament 20th July 2001
Coming into force 13th August 2001
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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1977 c. 49; 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 by paragraph 37(6) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); see section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(i) and (g) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”; paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 5 were substituted by paragraph 59 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of, and the entry for the 1977 Act in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.