{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/section-207",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/section-207.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/207",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "207",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions",
  "text": "In this Act the following expressions are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated—\nbody established under this Act\nsection 206(2)\ncommissioner, in relation to an NHS contract\nsection 7(1)\ncontractor, in relation to a general dental services contract\nsection 57(4)\ncontractor, in relation to a general medical services contract\nsection 42(5)\ndirect payment service provider\nsection 187(3)\nfraud case\nsection 107(3)\ngeneral dental services contract\nsection 57(2)\ngeneral medical services contract\nsection 42(2)\ngeneral ophthalmic services\nsection 71(10)\nNHS body\nsection 22(6)\nLPS scheme\nparagraph 1(2) of Schedule 7\nNHS contract\nsection 7(1)\nNHS trust order\nsection 18(2)\nnurse staffing level\nsection 25B(1)(a)\nophthalmic list\nsection 72(7)\noptical appliances\nsection 128(5)\npharmaceutical list\nsection 83(11)\npharmaceutical services\nsection 80(8)\npilot scheme\nsection 92(2)\npractitioner\nsection 107(9)\nprimary dental services\nsection 56\nprimary medical services\nsection 41\npurposes of a hospital\nsection 206(3)\nprovider, in relation to an NHS contract\nsection 7(1)\nrelevant dental service\nsection 125(4)\nsection 50 arrangements\nsection 50(7)\nsection 64 arrangements\nsection 64(7)\nspecial trustees\nsection 160(1)\nsupplementary list\nsection 105(2)\nterms of service\nsection 104(7)\nunsuitability case\nsection 107(4)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 207 inserted (1.1.2026) by Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 1), s. 29(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(5); S.I. 2025/1257, art. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 207 inserted (21.1.2021) by Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 5), ss. 1(3), 2(1); S.I. 2021/61, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/42/section/207",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:50.847860+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."
}