{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) carry on such ... activities as in his opinion can conveniently be carried on in conjunction with a microbiological service provided under section 2A.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Charges may be made for services or materials supplied.\n(4) A power under this paragraph may be exercised both for the purposes of the health service and for other purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(12)(a)(i), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(12)(a)(ii), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 12(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(12)(a)(iii), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12(2) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(12)(b), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:55.183741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}