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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/section/28B</dc:identifier><dc:title>National Health Service Act 1977</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate certain provisions relating to the health service for England and Wales; and to repeal certain enactments relating to the health service which have ceased to have any effect.</dc:description><dc:date>1987-10-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-07-31</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2013-05-09</dct:valid>
					
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</ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="1977"/><ukm:Number Value="49"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1977-07-29"/><ukm:UnappliedEffects><ukm:UnappliedEffect Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 10 repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingNumber="8" Row="610" AffectedProvisions="s. 43A 43B" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" EffectId="key-6fa1eb6f9d5970a8ca071acee44c5a2d" Type="substituted" RequiresApplied="false" Comments="Never in force (repealed)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectingProvisions="s. 10(1)(2)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedYear="1977" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-6fa1eb6f9d5970a8ca071acee44c5a2d" AffectedNumber="49" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectingYear="1999"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-43A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43A" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 43A</ukm:Section> <ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-43B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43B" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">43B</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Health Act 1999</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-10-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8/section/10/1">s. 10(1)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-10-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8/section/10/2">(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-67-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-d1521777d13ef3307ae6b08fa128e524" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" EffectId="key-d1521777d13ef3307ae6b08fa128e524" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="substituted for s. 46" AffectingNumber="8" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedProvisions="s. 46-46C" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectingYear="1999" AffectedNumber="49" Row="719" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 40 repealed by 2001 c. 15, ss. 67, 70(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with ss. 64(a), 65(4)), the repeal coming into force immediately before the coming into force of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (as to which see s. 227 of that 2006 Act) by virtue of The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 8(c)" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" Comments="Never in force (repealed)" AffectedYear="1977" AffectingProvisions="s. 40(1)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:SectionRange xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Start="section-46" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/46" End="section-46C" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/46C" err:End="Section missing in legislation" MissingEnd="true"><ukm:Section Ref="section-46" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/46">s. 46</ukm:Section>-<ukm:Section Ref="section-46C" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/46C" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">46C</ukm:Section></ukm:SectionRange></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Health Act 1999</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-40-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8/section/40/1">s. 40(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-67-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/8/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedNumber="49" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 43, s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15" Type="inserted" Comments="Never in force (repealed)" AffectedYear="1977" AffectedExtent="E+W" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectingYear="2001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-16e6ef83730d352f62cdde336c060b17" RequiresApplied="false" EffectId="key-16e6ef83730d352f62cdde336c060b17" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedProvisions="s. 103(4)(5)" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Row="1087" AffectingNumber="15"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-103-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/103/4" FoundRef="section-103">s. 103(4)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-103-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/103/5" FoundRef="section-103">(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Social Care Act 2001</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15/schedule/5">Sch. 5 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5-paragraph-5-12-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15/schedule/5/paragraph/5/12/c">para. 5(12)(c)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="section-64-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15/section/64/9">s. 64(9)</ukm:Section> <ukm:Section Ref="section-65-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15/section/65/4">65(4)</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-70-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/15/section/70/2">s. 70(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="1997" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" RequiresApplied="false" EffectId="key-5200ac5b3dd9312d1aac33ab4a2beb9e" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-5200ac5b3dd9312d1aac33ab4a2beb9e" AffectedProvisions="s. 34A" Type="inserted" AffectingNumber="46" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectedNumber="49" AffectingProvisions="s. 25(1)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 25(1) repealed (1.4.2004) without ever being in force by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4 Note; S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(p) (with art. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(p) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedYear="1977" Row="484"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-34A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/34A" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 34A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-25-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/25/1">s. 25(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-41-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/3">s. 41(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="1997" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Row="609" AffectedYear="1977" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-3f6995fedcd42c8f0399ef2eac5b68ea" AffectedNumber="49" AffectingProvisions="Sch. para. 6" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1997 c. 19 repealed (30.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/289, art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 6; commencing date as notified in The Gazette, published 23.3.2007" AffectingNumber="19" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/19" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedProvisions="s. 43(4)(5)" Type="added" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" EffectId="key-3f6995fedcd42c8f0399ef2eac5b68ea"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-43-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43/4" FoundRef="section-43">s. 43(4)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-43-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43/5" FoundRef="section-43">(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Act 1997 (repealed)</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/19/schedule">Sch. </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-paragraph-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/19/schedule/paragraph/6">para. 6</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/19/section/2/1">s. 2(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedNumber="49" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingYear="1997" Type="repealed" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46" AffectingNumber="46" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 77 repealed (E.W.) (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectedYear="1977" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Row="614" AffectedExtent="E+W" RequiresApplied="false" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 77 Sch. 3 Pt. 2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-eae9edbdb353c15c2b02c8bc8e0217d9" EffectId="key-eae9edbdb353c15c2b02c8bc8e0217d9" AffectedProvisions="s. 43A(3)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-43A-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43A/3" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 43A(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-77" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/paragraph/77">para. 77</ukm:Section> <ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-part-II" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/3/part/II">Pt. 2</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-41-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/3">s. 41(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46" Type="inserted" AffectingYear="1997" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-c01d2e2a1c4eced79b0cea558dc9f704" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 26(1) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1)" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedProvisions="s. 78A" Row="841" AffectingProvisions="s. 26(1)" AffectingNumber="46" EffectId="key-c01d2e2a1c4eced79b0cea558dc9f704" AffectedNumber="49" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedYear="1977"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-78A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/78A" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 78A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-26-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/26/1">s. 26(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-41-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/46/section/41/3">s. 41(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedYear="1977" Comments="This amendment comes into force on a day to be specified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes (see, for example, the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)" EffectId="key-96a1b85259d0c5750c8e3acf2dd5eb06" AffectedNumber="49" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" RequiresApplied="false" Type="substituted for s. 35(3)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011" AffectingYear="2005" AffectedExtent="E+W" AppendedCommentary="(with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-96a1b85259d0c5750c8e3acf2dd5eb06" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingNumber="2011" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(a)" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1977 c. 49 repealed on 1.3.2007 before the amendment comes into force" Row="493" AffectedProvisions="s. 35(3)-(3B)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:SectionRange Start="section-35-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/35/3" End="section-35-3B" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/35/3B" FoundEnd="section-35" MissingEnd="true"><ukm:Section Ref="section-35-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/35/3">s. 35(3)</ukm:Section>-<ukm:Section Ref="section-35-3B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/35/3B" FoundRef="section-35">(3B)</ukm:Section></ukm:SectionRange></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/schedule/6">Sch. 6 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-6-paragraph-1-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/schedule/6/paragraph/1/2/a">para. 1(2)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/schedule/7">Sch. 7</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:SectionRange Start="article-1-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/article/1/4" End="article-1-7" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/article/1/7"><ukm:Section Ref="article-1-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/article/1/4">art. 1(4)</ukm:Section>-<ukm:Section Ref="article-1-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2011/article/1/7">(7)</ukm:Section></ukm:SectionRange></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="false" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" Row="612" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48" AffectingNumber="48" AffectingYear="1984" Type="inserted" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(1) repealed (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" AffectedNumber="49" AffectedYear="1977" AffectingProvisions="s. 7(1)" AffectedProvisions="s. 43A" EffectId="key-1a924edd2d53dcd06e73bf2ab5ab933d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-1a924edd2d53dcd06e73bf2ab5ab933d"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-43A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43A" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 43A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Social Security Act 1984</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-7-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48/section/7/1">s. 7(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-27-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48/section/27/1">s. 27(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedProvisions="s. 43B" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingProvisions="s. 7(3)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Modified="2025-07-14T08:16:07Z" AffectedYear="1977" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49" Row="615" EffectId="key-8b4ee74542e910c9a42be05438e7f24e" AffectingNumber="48" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(3) repealed to the extent that it inserts section 43B of the National Health Service Act 1977 (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without that amendment ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)" AffectedExtent="E+W" AffectedNumber="49" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-8b4ee74542e910c9a42be05438e7f24e" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48" Type="added" AffectingYear="1984"><ukm:AffectedTitle>National Health Service Act 1977</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-43B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/43B" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 43B</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Social Security Act 1984</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-7-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48/section/7/3">s. 7(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-27-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/48/section/27/1">s. 27(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									 
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/body" NumberOfProvisions="216" RestrictStartDate="2008-08-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/part/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="71" id="part-I" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2007-03-01" Status="Repealed"><Number><CommentaryRef Ref="key-9bc6cd74c32e58ec6afa147b71aacfe8"/>Part I</Number><Title> Services and Administration</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/part/I/crossheading/cooperation-and-assistance" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/part/I/crossheading/cooperation-and-assistance" NumberOfProvisions="11" id="part-I-crossheading-cooperation-and-assistance" Status="Repealed" Match="false" RestrictStartDate="2007-03-01"><Title><CommentaryRef Ref="key-9bc6cd74c32e58ec6afa147b71aacfe8"/> Co-operation and assistance</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2007-03-01" Status="Repealed" Match="false"><Title> Power of Secretary of State to make payments towards expenditure on community services in Wales.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/49/section/28B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49/section/28B" id="section-28B"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-9bc6cd74c32e58ec6afa147b71aacfe8"/>28B</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-9bc6cd74c32e58ec6afa147b71aacfe8" Type="F"><Para><Text>Act repealed (except ss. 57, Sch. 11 and ss. 126, 128 so far as they relate to those provisions, which are repealed only for E.W., see <CitationSubRef id="ccd18e505202507132250131860100" CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" SectionRef="section-7-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/7/3">s. 7(3)</CitationSubRef> of the repealing Act; and except s. 41B(2)(6)(b) as amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1056" id="cuoikzw35-00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="1056">S.I. 2006/1056</Citation>, which is repealed immediately after that amendment comes into force, see <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="ccd18e511202507132250131860100" SectionRef="section-8-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/4" StartSectionRef="section-8-6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/6">s. 8(4)-(6)</CitationSubRef>; and except ss. 19, 28J, 38, 39, 41, 41B(2)(6)(b), 42(2B)(2C), 42A, 42B, 43(2), 49F, 49H, 98, 128, Sch. 8 para. 2(2B), Sch. 8A, Sch. 9A para. 6, Sch. 12 paras. 2A(1)(b)(ba), 2B, Sch. 12B as amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/28" id="cuoikzw35-00006" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="28" Title="Health Act 2006">Health Act 2006 (c. 28)</Citation> which are repealed immediately after those amendments come into force on 1.8.2008 and 9.5.2013, see <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="ccd18e517202507132250131860100" SectionRef="section-8-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/4" StartSectionRef="section-8-6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/6">s. 8(4)-(6)</CitationSubRef>; and except ss. 3, 15, 16CD, 16CE, 18A, 26, 28WA-28WF, 28X, 28Y, 38, 39, 43D, 44, 45A, 45C, 72, 103 as amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/28" id="cuoikzw35-00008" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="28" Title="Health Act 2006">Health Act 2006 (c. 28)</Citation> and to the extent that they relate to primary ophthalmic services, which are repealed immediately after those amendments come into force on 1.8.2008, see <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="ccd18e524202507132250131860100" SectionRef="section-8-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/4" StartSectionRef="section-8-6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/6">s. 8(4)-(6)</CitationSubRef>) (1.3.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43" id="cuoikzw35-00010" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="43" Title="National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006">National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00011" SectionRef="section-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/6">ss. 6</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00012" SectionRef="section-8-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/2">8(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00013" SectionRef="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/4" Operative="true">Sch. 4</CitationSubRef> (with saving for s. 126 in <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00015" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/2/paragraph/7">Sch. 2 para. 7</CitationSubRef> and general savings and transitional provisions in <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00016" SectionRef="schedule-2-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/2/part/1">Sch. 2 Pt. 1</CitationSubRef> and transitory modifications relating to primary ophthalmic services in <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00010" id="cuoikzw35-00017" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/3/paragraph/1" Operative="true">Sch. 3 para. 1</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1972" id="cuoikzw35-00018" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2008" Number="1972">S.I. 2008/1972</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00018" id="cuoikzw35-00019" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1972/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1112" id="cuoikzw35-00020" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="1112">S.I. 2013/1112</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cuoikzw35-00020" id="cuoikzw35-00021" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1112/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para><Para><Text>Act: specified provisions amended and repealed and specified amendments and repeals by specified legislation commenced (1.3.2007 immediately before the <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/41" id="d22e2" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="National Health Service Act 2006">National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41)</Citation> comes into force) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407" id="d22e5" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="1407" Title="The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006">The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="d22e5" id="ccd18e570202507132250131860100" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407/article/1" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407/article/3" Type="group" StartSectionRef="article-1" EndSectionRef="article-3">arts. 1-3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="d22e5" id="ccd18e573202507132250131860100" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407/schedule/1" SectionRef="schedule-1" Operative="true">Schs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="d22e5" id="ccd18e576202507132250131860100" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407/schedule/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-2">2</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="d22e5" id="ccd18e580202507132250131860100" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1407/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>