The National Health Service (Pilot Schemes: Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1998

Prescribed function of Health Authorities and Health Boards

3.  For the purposes of section 15(1ZA) of the 1977 Act(1) and section 2 of the 1978 Act(2), it shall be a prescribed function of each Health Authority and Health Board which is a party to a pilot scheme under section 1(1) of the 1997 Act to establish and operate, in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State under section 9(2) of the 1997 Act and section 17 of the 1977 Act or, as the case may be, section 10(2) of the 1997 Act and section 2 of the 1978 Act, procedures for dealing with complaints about the provision of personal medical services under such a pilot scheme.

(1)

Section 15(1ZA) was inserted by the 1997 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 4.

(2)

Section 2 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1).