National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973

[1968 c. 46.] The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968

112 (1) In sections 1(1) and 2(1) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (which relate to the treatment of resident and non-resident private patients at hospitals providing hospital and specialist services), for the words " providing hospital and specialist services " there shall be substituted the words " or group of hospitals vested in him or of the hospitals vested in him in a particular area " and after the words " the hospital" there shall be inserted the words " or hospitals in question ".

(2) In section 1(2) and (3) of that Act, for the words " providing hospital and specialist services " there shall be substituted the words " vested in the Secretary of State ".

113 In section 17(1) of that Act (which provides that " supplementary ophthalmic services " shall be referred to as " general ophthalmic services "), for the words " Executive Councils " there shall be substituted the words " Area Health Authorities ".

114 In section 28(2) of that Act (under which regulations may make provision generally with respect to audit under section 55(2) of the principal Act), for the words " the said subsection (2) " there shall be substituted the words " section 55(2) of the 1946 Act ".

115 In section 29(1) of that Act (which provides for the control of the making of payments by or on behalf of Regional Hospital Boards and certain other existing health authorities), for the words from "Regional" to " 1946 Act" there shall be substituted the words " Regional Health Authorities, Area Health Authorities, special health authorities, Family Practitioner Committees, Community Health Councils ".

116 In section 30(1) of that Act (which provides for the grant of certificates of exemption from prescription charges), for the words from " as part of " to " Part II " there shall be substituted the words " under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 otherwise than under Part IV ".

117 In section 31 of that Act (under which the Secretary of State may allow persons to use, on terms which may include the payment of charges, any services provided in connection with hospital and specialist services and may for that purpose provide extended services), for the words from "any services the provision" to "services if" there shall be substituted the words " any services provided by virtue of the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 and may provide the services in question to an extent greater than that necessary apart from this section if ".

118 In section 32 of that Act (under which the Secretary of State may sell or otherwise dispose of goods he produces in connection with the hospital and specialist services and may for that purpose produce goods in excess of those needed for those services), for the words " hospital and specialist services " there shall be substituted the words " services under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 " and for the words " the 1946 Act" in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words " the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 ".

119 In section 36(1) of that Act (which provides that the Secretary of State may pay allowances and remuneration to members of certain bodies), in paragraph (b) for the words " 1946 Act" there shall be substituted the words " National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 ".

120 In section 40(1) of that Act (which provides that the Secretary of State may make arrangements for the accommodation of persons displaced in the course of development for purposes of the Acts relating to the national health service or to mental health), after the words "Mental Health Act 1959 " there shall be inserted the words " or the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".

121 At the end of section 45(4)(b) of that Act (which prohibits a local authority when making arrangements for the welfare of old people from making available accommodation or services required to be provided under the National Health Service Act 1946), after the words " this Act" there shall be added the words " or the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".

122 (1) In section 48 of that Act (which provides for the reporting of cases of notifiable diseases and food poisoning to local authorities), for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2) The officer who receives the certificate aforesaid shall, on the day of its receipt (if possible) and in any case within forty-eight hours after its receipt, send a copy of the certificate—

(a) to the Area Health Authority within whose area are situate the premises whose address is specified in the certificate by virtue of paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection; and

(b) if the certificate is given with respect to a patient in a hospital who came there from premises outside the district of the local authority within whose district the hospital is situate and the certificate states that the patient did not contract the disease or the poisoning in the hospital—

(i) to the proper officer for the district within which the premises from which the patient came are situate, and

(ii) to the Area Health Authority for the area in which those premises are situate if that Authority is not responsible for the administration of the hospital, and

(iii) to the proper officer of the relevant port health authority constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the Public Health Act 1936 if those premises were a ship or hovercraft situate within the port health district for which that authority is constituted.

(2) Subsection (3) of that section shall be omitted.

123 In section 62(1) of that Act (which provides for references to vessels in the Public Health Act 1936 and references to ships in the Food and Drugs Act 1955 to include references to hover vehicles), for the words from " hover vehicles" to " air" there shall be substituted the words " hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 ".

124 (1) In section 63 of that Act (which provides for the instruction of officers of hospital authorities and other persons employed in activities connected with health welfare), in subsection (1)(a) for the words from " Regional" to " teaching hospital" there shall be substituted the words " Regional Health Authority, Area Health Authority or a special health authority ".

(2) In subsection (1)(b) of that section for the words from " specified " to " Treasury" there shall be substituted the words " determined by him ".

(3) In subsection (2)(a) of that section for the words "county, county borough " there shall be substituted the words " non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district ".

(4) In subsection (2)(b) of that section for the words " Executive Council" there shall be substituted the words " Area Health Authority ".

(5) In subsection (8) of that section at the end of the definition of " the relevant enactments " there shall be inserted the words " and the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".

125 (1) In section 64 of that Act (which provides that the Secretary of State may give financial assistance to voluntary organisations), at the end of subsection (3)(a) there shall be inserted the words " the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".

(2) In subsection (3)(b) of that section for the words "county, county borough " there shall be substituted the words " non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district " and for the words " Executive Council" there shall be substituted the words " Area Health Authority ".

126 In section 65 of that Act (which provides that local authorities may give financial and other assistance to certain voluntary organisations), at the end of subsection (3)(b) there shall be inserted the words " the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".

127 In section 70(1) of that Act (which provides that a copy of a notice given by a keeper of a common lodging house under section 242 of the Public Health Act 1936 shall be sent by the local authority to the local health authority), for the words from the beginning to " receives " there shall be substituted the words " The local authority within whose district a common lodging house is situate shall, on the day on which they receive "and for the words " local health authority " in the second place where they occur there shall be substituted the words " Area Health Authority ".