The Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 506

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) Regulations 2003

Made

5th March 2003

Laid before Parliament

6th March 2003

Coming into force

1st April 2003

The Secretary of State for Health in respect of England, and the National Assembly for Wales in respect of Wales, acting in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(4) of, and paragraphs 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 37(6) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act, by paragraph 60(e) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by paragraph 39(4) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act. See section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.