Article 15 Local representative committees

(1)

Anything done before the operational date by or in relation to any local representative committee which was, immediately before the operational date, recognised by an old PCT shall be treated as having been done by or in relation to the corresponding committee recognised by the relevant new PCT.

(2)

A local representative committee recognised by an old PCT may exercise functions given to it under or as a consequence of—

(a)

section 45 (functions of Local Optical Committees and Local Pharmaceutical Committees), 45A (Local Medical Committees) or 45B (Local Dental Committees) of the Act;

(b)

the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986;

(c)

the Service Committees and Tribunal Regulations;

(d)

the Primary Care Trusts (Consultation on Establishment, Dissolution and Transfer of Staff) Regulations 1999;

(e)

the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2002^f1;

(f)

the GMS Regulations;

(g)

the PMS Regulations;

(h)

the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations;

(i)

the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006^f2;

(j)

the General Dental Services and Abolition of the Dental Practice Board (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2006^f3;

in relation to any matter which was referred to it, or initiated by it, before the operational date, as if it were a committee recognised by the relevant new PCT.

(3)

In this article, “corresponding committee” means a Local Medical Committee, Local Dental Committee, Local Optical Committee or Local Pharmaceutical Committee as the case may be.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/888, as amended by S.I. 2002/2469, 2002/2861, 2005/641 and 2006/552.
f2: S.I. 2006/552, as amended by S.I. 2006/913 and 2006/1407.
f3: S.I. 2006/562.