Health Services and Public Health Act 1968

64 Financial assistance by the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State to certain voluntary organisations

(1) The Minister of Health may, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine, give to a voluntary organisation to which this section applies assistance by way of grant or by way of loan, or partly in the one way and partly in the other.

(2) This section applies to a voluntary organisation whose activities consist in, or include, the provision of a service similar to a relevant service, the promotion of the provision of a relevant service or a similar one, the publicising of a relevant service or a similar one or the giving of advice with respect to the manner in which a relevant service or a similar one can best be provided.

(3) In this section—

(a) " the relevant enactments " means the [1946 c. 81.] National Health Service Act 1946, Part III of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948, the [1967 c. 39.] National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967 and Part I of this Act and section 45 thereof;

(b) " relevant service " means a service which must or may, by virtue of the relevant enactments, be provided or the provision of which must or may, by virtue of those enactments, be secured by the Minister of Health or the council of a county, county borough or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London or a service for the provision of which an Executive Council is, by virtue of Part IV of the National Health Service Act 1946, under a duty to make arrangements ; and

(c) " voluntary organisation " means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit, but does not include any public or local authority.

(4) This section shall have effect in Scotland as if, in subsection (1) thereof, for the reference to the Minister of Health, there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State; and as if, in subsection (3) thereof, for paragraphs (a) and (b), there were substituted the following paragraphs :—

“(a) ' the relevant enactments' means the [1947 c. 27.] National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947, Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948 and Part I of this Act and section 45 thereof;

(b) ' relevant service' means a service which must or may, by virtue of the relevant enactments, be provided or the provision of which must or may, by virtue of those enactments, be secured by the Secretary of State or by a county council or by the town council of a large burgh ; or a service for the provision of which an Executive Council is, by virtue of Part IV of the [1947 c. 27.] National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947, under a duty to make arrangements ; and”.