Introductory text
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made 3rd November 2003
Laid before Parliament 7th November 2003
Coming into force 1st December 2003
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 16(4) and 126(4) of, and paragraphs 10, 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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1977 c. 49; section 16 was substituted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”) and amended by section 1(3) of and paragraphs 1 and 3(c) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 37(6) of the 1999 Act; paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 was amended by section 14 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 and section 15 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) (“the 1983 Act”), by sections 5 and 24 and paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 and Part I of Schedule 8 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”), by section 6(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”), by section 2(1), 5(1) and paragraph 60(c) of Schedule I to the (Health Authorities Act) 1995 Section 1 and paragraph 8 of Part III of Schedule I to the 1990 Act, by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by section 54(1), paragraphs 8 and 10 of Schedule 5 to the Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24 ), by section 65 and paragraphs 4 and 39(1) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act and by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act, by paragraph 60(e) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act (c. 17) and by paragraph 39(4) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act. See section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article (2)(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.