PART IGENERAL
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Functions (Directions to Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 14th February 1989.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“Committee” means a Family Practitioner Committee;
“District Authority” means a District Health Authority;
“Regional Authority” means a Regional Health Authority;
“relevant Regional Authority” in relation to any District Authority means the Regional Authority of which the region includes the district of that District Authority;
“Scheduled functions” means the functions referred to in regulation 3.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.