The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 747

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1997

Made

11th March 1997

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1997

Coming into force

1st April 1997

The Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 13 and 126(4) and (5) of an paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1997(1) and sections 14(2) and (6), 15(7), 16(1), (2) and (6) and 17 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 13 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), paragraph 31 of Schedule 1, the 1990 Act, Schedule 10 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) paragraph 4 of Schedule 1. Section 126(4) was amended by, and section 126(5) was inserted by, section 65(2) of the 1990 Act.

(2)

1990 c. 19. Sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 were amended by, respectively, paragraphs 73, 74, 75 and 76 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).