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National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973

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[1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972

151(1)At the end of section 113(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (which gives power to a local authority to place officers at the disposal of another local authority) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A)Without prejudice to any powers exercisable apart from this section, a local authority may enter into an agreement with a Regional Health Authority, Area Health Authority or special health authority—

(a)for the placing at the disposal of the Regional or Area Health Authority or special health authority for the purposes of their functions, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of officers employed by the local authority ;

(b)for the placing at the disposal of the local authority for the purposes of their functions, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of officers employed by the Regional or Area Health Authority or the special health authority ;

but a local authority shall not enter into an agreement in pursuance of paragraph (a) of this subsection in respect of any officer without consulting him.

(2)After section 113(2) of that Act there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(3)An officer whose services are placed at the disposal of a local authority in pursuance of subsection (1A) of this section shall be treated as an officer of the authority for the purposes of any enactment relating to the discharge of local authorities' functions.

152In section 261(7) of that Act (which relates to the remuneration which officers of local authorities are to be deemed to be receiving for the purposes of the provisions of that Act relating to the transfer of officers and compensation for loss of office), after the words "loss of office" there shall be inserted the words " or for the purposes of the provisions of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 relating to the transfer of officers and the provisions of section 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (which among other things relate to compensation for loss of office) ".

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