Health Authorities Act 1995

95 (1) The [1968 c. 46.] Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 63 (provision of instruction for officers of hospital authorities etc.)—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), for the words from “Regional” to “special health authority” substitute “Health Authority or Special Health Authority or a Health Board”,

(b) in subsection (2)(b), for “a Family Practitioner Committee” substitute “a Health Authority”,

(c) after subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for any functions exercisable by a Health Authority or Special Health Authority under or in relation to arrangements made under subsection (1) above to be exercisable by the Health Authority or Special Health Authority jointly with one or more other relevant health service bodies; and section 126 of the 1977 Act shall apply in relation to regulations made under this subsection as if this subsection were contained in that Act.

(5B) For the purposes of subsection (5A) above the following are relevant health service bodies—

(a) Health Authorities;

(b) Special Health Authorities; and

(c) NHS trusts.”, and

(d) after subsection (8) insert—

“(8A) Expressions used in both this section and the 1977 Act have the same meaning in this section as in that Act.”

(3) In section 64 (financial assistance to voluntary organisations), in subsection (3)(b), for “a Family Practitioner Committee is, by virtue of Part IV of the [1977 c. 49.] National Health Service Act 1946,” substitute “a Health Authority are, by virtue of Part II of the [1946 c. 81.] National Health Service Act 1977,”.