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1977 c.49. (“the Act”). Section 41 was substituted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15) (“the 2001 Act”), section 42(1), and amended by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.17) (“the 2002 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraph 13, and by S.I. 2003/1590 and 2004/1771. Section 42 was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c.66), section 3(1), extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), and then amended by: S.I. 1987/2202; the National Health Service Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 12(3); the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17), Schedule 1, paragraph 30; the 2001 Act, sections 20(6), 40(3), 43(2) to (4), and Schedule 6, Part 1; the 2002 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 16; and S.I. 2002/2469. Section 126(4) has been amended by: the 1990 Act, section 65(2); the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraphs 3, 4 and 37; the 2001 Act, section 67(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 5 and 13; the 2002 Act, sections 6(3)(c) and 37(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 10(a); and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”), section 184 and Schedule 11, paragraphs 7 and 38, and Schedule 14, Part 4. Schedule 8A was inserted by section 40 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 2001 Act, and has been amended by: the 2002 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 81, and Schedule 9, Part 1; and the 2003 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 44, and Schedule 11, paragraph 41. See section 128(1) of the Act, as amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2)(g) and (i), for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” which are relevant to the powers being exercised.