SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 12AE+W+S Expenditure of Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 12A inserted (1.9.1999 for E. for specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. for further specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 4(1)(4), 67(1); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(1)(4), Schs. 1, 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Health Authorities: main expenditureE+W+S

F22(1)In section 97 above, main expenditure, in relation to a Health Authority and the year in question, means—E+W+S

(a)expenditure of the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below,

(b)any other expenditure of the authority attributable to the performance of their functions in that year (other than general Part II expenditure and remuneration referable to the cost of drugs), and

(c)expenditure attributable to remuneration referable to the cost of drugs for which the authority are accountable in that year (whether paid by them or another authority).

(2)The expenditure referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above is expenditure attributable to—

(a)the reimbursement in that year of expenses of persons providing services in pursuance of Part II which are designated expenses incurred in connection with the provision of the services (or in giving instruction in matters relating to the services),

(b)remuneration paid in that year to persons providing additional pharmaceutical services (in accordance with directions under section 41A above), in respect of such of those services as are designated, or

(c)remuneration of a designated description which is determined by the Health Authority and paid in that year to persons providing general medical services in pursuance of Part II.

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 12A para. 2 inserted (1.9.1999 for E. and otherwiseprosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 4(1)(4), 67; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

3(1)For each financial year, the [F3National Assembly for Wales] shall apportion, in such manner as [F4it] thinks appropriate, among all Health Authorities the total of the remuneration referable to the cost of drugs which is paid by each Health Authority in that year.E+W+S

(2)A Health Authority are accountable in any year for remuneration referable to the cost of drugs to the extent (and only to the extent) that such remuneration is apportioned to them under sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3)Where in any financial year any remuneration referable to the cost of drugs for which a Health Authority are accountable is paid by another Health Authority, the remuneration is to be treated (for the purposes of sections 97 and 97A above) as having been paid by the first authority in the performance of their functions.

(4)The [F3National Assembly for Wales] may, in particular, exercise [F5its discretion] under sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a)so that any apportionment reflects, in the case of each Health Authority, the financial consequences of orders for the provision of drugs, being orders which in [F6the Assembly’s opinion] are attributable to the authority in question,

(b)by reference to averaged or estimated amounts.

(5)The [F3National Assembly for Wales] may make provision for any remuneration referable to the cost of drugs which is paid by a Health Authority other than the Health Authority which are accountable for the payment to be reimbursed in such manner as [F7the Assembly] may determine.]