# NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Health Act 1999;
“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“health improvement plan” means a plan which a Health Authority is required to prepare under section 28 of the Act;
“health-related functions” means the functions of local authorities prescribed under regulation 6;
“local authority” means a body to which regulation 3(2) applies;
“NHS body” means a body to which regulation 3(1) applies;
“NHS contract” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“NHS functions” means the functions of NHS bodies prescribed under regulation 5;
“partners”, in relation to partnership arrangements, means one or more NHS bodies and one or more local authorities; and
“partnership arrangements” means the arrangements prescribed under regulations 7, 8 and 9.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to a paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/617/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-bodies-and-local-authorities-partnership-arrangements-regulations-2000/regulation-2
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