National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006

168Voluntary hospitalsE+W

(1)Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)any hospital provided by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with this Act was a voluntary hospital transferred by virtue of the National Health Service Act 1946, and

(b)the character and associations of that hospital before its transfer were such as to link it with a particular religious denomination.

(2)Regard must be had in the general administration of the hospital to the preservation of that character and those associations.