The National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “the 1997 Act”(1) the word “and” is omitted and there are inserted the following definitions–

““primary care group” means a committee appointed under regulation 14(1) of the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996(2) in accordance with the Secretary of State’s directions of 15 October 1998(3);”

““relevant Health Authority” means a Health Authority which is a relevant Health Authority under section 15 of the Act(4);”.

(3) In regulation 3 (functions exercisable by Health Authorities), in paragraph (1), for the words “regulation 4” there are substituted the words “regulations 3A and 4”.

(4) After regulation 3 there is inserted the following new regulation–

“Exercise of functions in adjoining areas: primary care groups

3A.— (1) This regulation applies where:

(a) persons residing in the area of a Health Authority are on the list of a medical practitioner in respect of whom the relevant Health Authority is the Health Authority for another area, and

(b) that relevant Health Authority has, in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State, appointed a primary care group to exercise functions in relation to persons on the list of that medical practitioner residing in its own area.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the primary care group appointed by the relevant Health Authority shall, in relation to the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), exercises on behalf of the first mentioned Authority the same functions as it exercise, in relation to the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), on behalf of the relevant Health Authority.”.

(1)

The definition of “the 1997 Act” was inserted by S.I. 1998/646, regulation 16(2).

(2)

S.I. 1996/707 as amended by S.I. 1997/2991, 1998/648 and 1998/2621.

(3)

A copy of the directions may be obtained by writing to Department of Health, PC-GMS, Room 7E60 Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.

(4)

Section 15 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) sections 1 and 2 and Schedule 1 Part I, by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) section 5 and Schedule 8 Part I, by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) section 12(1), by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) Schedule 1 paragraph 6(1) and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) Schedule 2 paragraph 4.