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- Act modified by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 3(7)
- Act repealed by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 4
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- s. 3(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 8
- s. 3(4)(a) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 7(4)(a)
- s. 3(4)(b) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 3(4)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 7(4)(b)
- s. 8(9) (10) added by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(1)
- s. 11(4A) (4B) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(2)(a)
- s. 16B(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 182(1)
- s. 16BC(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 182(2)
- s. 16CA and heading inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 170
- s. 16CB inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 171(1)
- s. 16CC inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 174
- s. 16CD 16CE inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 37
- s. 19A(2)(aa) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 9 para. 9
- s. 20A inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(1)
- s. 21(4) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 9
- s. 22(1A)(e) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 4 para. 25
- s. 28D(1)(b)-(bc) substituted for s. 28D(1)(b)(c) by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(2)
- s. 28D(1)(bc)(i) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 28D(1)(bc)(iii) words substituted by S.I. 2004/957 Sch. para. 3
- s. 28D(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(3)
- s. 28E(3)(ca) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(7)
- s. 28E(3A) (3B) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(8)
- s. 28E(3C) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(9)
- s. 28E(3D) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(10)
- s. 28E(3E) (3F) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(11)
- s. 28K-28P and heading inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 172(1)
- s. 28M(4) words substituted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 16
- s. 28Q-28W and heading(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 175(1)
- s. 28W(5) applied by S.I. 2004/478 reg. 100(3)
- s. 28W(5) applied by S.I. 2004/478 Sch. 6 para. 100(3)
- s. 28X applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/552 Sch. 1 para. 4
- s. 28X inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 179(1)
- s. 28X heading words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(5)
- s. 28X(1A) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 17(a)
- s. 28X(2A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(2)
- s. 28X(3)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(3)
- s. 28X(3)(c) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 17(b)
- s. 28X(6A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(4)
- s. 28Y inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 180
- s. 28Y(1) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/552 Sch. 1 para. 5
- s. 28Y(1)(a) substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 40(2)
- s. 28Y(1)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 40(3)
- s. 28Y(1)(c) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 18
- s. 28WA-28WF and cross-heading inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 38
- s. 29-34A repealed by 2003 c. 43 s. 175(2) Sch. 14 Pt. 4
- s. 34A inserted by 1997 c. 46 s. 25(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 25(1) repealed (1.4.2004) without ever being in force by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4 Note; S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(p) (with art. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(p) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345))
- s. 35(3)-(3B) substituted for s. 35(3) by S.I. 2005/2011 Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(a) (This amendment comes into force on a day to be specified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes (see, for example, the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008))
- s. 42(2A) inserted by 2001 c. 15 s. 40(3)
- s. 42(2B) (2C) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 35
- s. 42A 42B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 34(1)
- s. 43(4)(5) added by 1997 c. 19 Sch. para. 6 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1997 c. 19 repealed (30.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/289, art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 6; commencing date as notified in The Gazette, published 23.3.2007)
- s. 43A inserted by 1984 c. 48 s. 7(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(1) repealed (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 43A 43B substituted by 1999 c. 8 s. 10(1)(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 10 repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1))
- s. 43A 43B substituted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 19
- s. 43A(3) repealed by 1997 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 77 Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 77 repealed (E.W.) (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 43B added by 1984 c. 48 s. 7(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(3) repealed to the extent that it inserts section 43B of the National Health Service Act 1977 (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without that amendment ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 44(3A) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 20(c)
- s. 45A 45B inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 23
- s. 45A(3) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45A(3)(a) word repealed by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(2) Sch. 9
- s. 45A(3)(aa) inserted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(2)
- s. 45A(4) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45A(4)(a) substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(3)
- s. 45A(11) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45C inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 41
- s. 46-46C substituted for s. 46 by 1999 c. 8 s. 40(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 40 repealed by 2001 c. 15, ss. 67, 70(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with ss. 64(a), 65(4)), the repeal coming into force immediately before the coming into force of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (as to which see s. 227 of that 2006 Act) by virtue of The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 8(c))
- s. 54(1)(c) and word(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 26(2)(c)
- s. 54(1)(c) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 72(5)(d) and word(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 27(2)
- s. 72(5)(d) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 72(5)(d) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 21(b)(i)
- s. 72(5)(d) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 21(b)(ii)
- s. 77(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 28
- s. 78A inserted by 1997 c. 46 s. 26(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 26(1) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 79(5)(b) modified by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(4)
- s. 96(4) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 27
- s. 96A(12) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 4 para. 37
- s. 98(1A)-(1C) inserted by S.I. 2003/1324 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1A) substituted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1A)(e) inserted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1C) words inserted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(1C) words substituted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(1D) inserted by 2004 c. 23 Sch. 2 para. 2
- s. 98(1BA)(1BB) inserted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(3)
- s. 98(1BC) inserted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(3)
- s. 98(4A) inserted by S.I. 2003/1324 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(7)-(10) inserted by S.I. 2005/1074 art. 2(2)
- s. 103(4)(5) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 43, s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 124A(3)(aa) inserted by 2002 c. 38 Sch. 3 para. 20
- s. 126(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(3)(b)
- s. 126(4A) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(13)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 5(13)(c) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 43, s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 126(4A) inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(2)
- Sch. 5 para. 12B inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 39(c)
- Sch. 5 para. 10(2A)-(2C) substituted for Sch. 5 para. 10(2A) by S.I. 2005/2011 Sch. 6 para. 1(4) (This amendment comes into force on a day to be specified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes (see, for example, the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008))
- Sch. 5A para. 20(1A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(3)
- Sch. 5B para. 19(1A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(4)
- Sch. 7A inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(3) Sch. 1
- Sch. 7A para. 3(1)(fa) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a)
- Sch. 7A para. 3(1)(g) words repealed by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(b) Sch. 14 Pt. 4
- Sch. 7A para. 3(2) words substituted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(3)
- Sch. 9A para. 10(a)(aa) substituted for s. Sch. 9A para. 10(a) by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 42(4)(b)
- Sch. 9A para. 6(d)(i)(ii) substituted for words in para. 6(d) by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 40(b)
- Sch. 11 para. 5A inserted by S.I. 2004/3363 art. 7
- Sch. 12 para. 2A(6) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 42(g)
- Sch. 12 para. 2B amendment to earlier affecting provision 2006 c. 28, s. 41(3) by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 15 (The earlier affecting provision cited is incorrect. The correct provision should be s. 42(3).)
- Sch. 12 para. 2B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 42(3)
- Sch. 12 para. 2A(1)(b) (ba) substituted for Sch. 12 para. 2A(1)(b) by 2006 c. 28 s. 42(2)(a)
- Sch. 12A para. 7(4) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(17)(c)
- Sch. 12B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 56(2) Sch. 3
- Sch. 12ZA inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(2)
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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
- S.I. 2003/53 art. 2-4 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/713 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/833 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/2245 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/2246 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/2660 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 4)
- S.I. 2003/3064 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 4)
- S.I. 2003/3083 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/3346 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/103 art. 2-4 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2004/287 art. 2 3 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2004/288 art. 2-6 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/289 art. 2 commences (1998 c. 8)
- S.I. 2004/480 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/759 art. 2-13 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/874 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 42)
- S.I. 2004/1009 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/1019 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/1859 art. 2-6 commences (1999 c. 8)
- S.I. 2004/2626 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/457 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/558 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2004 c. 23)
- S.I. 2005/1432 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 12)
- S.I. 2005/2213 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 38)
- S.I. 2005/2800 art. 3-5 commences (2005 c. 10)
- S.I. 2005/2897 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 38)
- S.I. 2005/2925 art. 2 4-11 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/2926 art. 2 3 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2006/345 art. 2-7 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/481 art. 2 3 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3 6 8 12 13 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2006/2603 art. 2-5 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2006/3125 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2007/204 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/1972 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 28)
93 Trust property previously held for general hospital purposes.E+W+S
(1)This section applies—
(a)to property transferred under section 23 of the M1National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (winding-up of hospital endowments funds), and
(b)to property transferred under section 24 of that Act (transfer of trust property from abolished authorities) which immediately before the day appointed for the purposes of that section was, in accordance with any provision contained in or made under section 7 of the M2National Health Service Act 1946, applicable for purposes relating to hospital services or relating to some form of research,
and this section continues to apply to the property after any further transfer under section 92 above.
(2)The person holding the property after the transfer or last transfer shall secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the objects of any original endowment and the observance of any conditions attached to that endowment, including in particular conditions intended to preserve the memory of any person or class of persons, are not prejudiced by this Part of this Act, F1. . ..
In this subsection “original endowment” means a hospital endowment which was transferred under section 7 of that Act of 1946 and from which the property in question is derived.
(3)Subject to subsection (2) above, the property shall be held on trust for such purposes relating to hospital services (including research), or to any other part of the health service associated with any hospital, as the person holding the property thinks fit.
(4)Where the person holding the property is a body of special trustees, the power conferred by subsection (3) above shall be exercised as respects the hospitals for which they are appointed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 93(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 5(1)(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 93(1)(2) extended (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 4(1)(2), 8(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 6)
Marginal Citations
M11973 c. 32(113:2).
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