# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Paragraph 5

Extent: S

(1) If the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, considers it appropriate to do so, he may, instead of making a loan to an NHS trust under paragraph 1, pay an amount to the trust as public dividend capital.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/7B/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-7B/paragraph-5
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