50In section 8 of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 (which relates to the removal of doubts as to the operation of section 35 of the principal Act), after the words "Executive Council" there shall be inserted the words " or an Area Health Authority ".
51In section 13(1) of that Act (which provides for the reference to arbitration of disputes as to conditions of service of persons employed in health services), after the words " the Act of 1946 " there shall be inserted the words " or the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 ".
52(1)In section 18(1) of that Act (which provides for the superannuation of officers of voluntary hospitals), for the words " Regional Hospital Boards" there shall be substituted the words " Area Health Authorities ".
(2)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words " a Regional Hospital Board or the Board of Governors of a teaching hospital" there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State " and for the words " hospital and specialist services" there shall be substituted the words " services under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 ".
53In section 23(1) of that Act (which provides that voluntary organisations may transfer property to a local health authority), for the words " a local health authority" and the words " the authority " there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State ".
54In section 25(2) of that Act (which provides that no payment shall be made under subsection (1) of that section to a medical practitioner in respect of an examination carried out as part of his duty to provide general medical services for the person examined or as part of his duty as an officer of a Regional Hospital Board or a Board of Governors), for the words " Regional Hospital Board or a Board of Governors of a teaching hospital" there shall be substituted the words " Regional Health Authority, an Area Health Authority or a special health authority ".
55In section 28 of that Act (which relates to the recovery of expenses from in-patients engaged in remunerative employment), for the words " hospital and specialist services" there shall be substituted the words " services under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 ".