26(1)In section 13 of the [1984 c. 22.] Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (regulations for control of certain diseases), in subsection (4), in paragraph (a) after the words “District Health Authorities” there shall be inserted “National Health Service trusts”.
(2)In section 37 of that Act (removal to hospital of person with notifiable disease), in subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (c) after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “or, pursuant to arrangements made by a District Health Authority (whether under an NHS contract or otherwise), in a suitable hospital vested in a NHS trust or other person”; and
(b)in the words following paragraph (c) for the words from “responsible” to “the hospital” there shall be substituted “in whose district lies the area, or the greater part of the area, of the local authority”.
(3)In section 41 of that Act (removal to hospital of inmate of common lodging-house with notifiable disease), in subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (c) after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “or, pursuant to arrangements made by a District Health Authority (whether under an NHS contract or otherwise) in a suitable hospital vested in an NHS trust or any other person”; and
(b)in the words following paragraph (c) for the words from “responsible” to “of the hospital” there shall be substituted “in whose district lies the area, or the greater part of the area, of the local authority”.
(4)In section 7A of that Act (definitions) after the definition of “London port health authority” there shall be inserted—
““NHS trust” and “NHS contract” have the same meaning as in Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or, as the case may require, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978”.