The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2219

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1999

Made

5th August 1999

Laid before Parliament

6th August 1999

Coming into force

27th August 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 11(1) and (2) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and by Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”); section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act, by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). Functions under these sections of the 1977 Act, in relation to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, are, by their nature, exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(c) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/672.