26Guidance and directions
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Without prejudice to—
(a)section 5 of the 1968 Act (functions of Scottish Ministers);
(b)sections 2 (Health Boards), 10 (Common Services Agency) and 12A (National Health Service trusts) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7A to, the 1978 Act; and
(c)sections 5(1)(b), 6(1), (2)(b)(ii) and (4) and 17(1) and (5) of this Act,
the Scottish Ministers may issue relevant guidance and directions to local authorities and NHS bodies (that is to say such guidance and directions as appear to the Scottish Ministers to be requisite in relation to, or in consequence of, the provisions of this Act) as to the exercise by those authorities and bodies of any function.