(1)This section applies to functions exercisable by a Strategic Health Authority under or by virtue of this Act (including this section) or any prescribed provision of any other Act.
(2)Regulations may provide for any of the functions to be exercised—
(a)by another Strategic Health Authority,
(b)by a Special Health Authority, or
(c)jointly with any one or more of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3).
(3)The bodies are—
(a)Primary Care Trusts,
(b)Local Health Boards,
(c)other Strategic Health Authorities.
(4)Regulations may provide—
(a)for any functions to which this section applies to be exercised, on behalf of the Strategic Health Authority by whom they are exercisable, by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the Strategic Health Authority,
(b)for any functions exercisable jointly under subsection (2)(c) to be exercised, on behalf of the health service bodies in question, by a joint committee or joint sub-committee.