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(1)The bodies subject to investigation by the Health Service Commissioner for England are—
[F1(a)Health Authorities whose areas are in England,]
(c)Special Health Authorities to which this section applies exercising functions only or mainly in England,
(d)National Health Service trusts managing a hospital, or other establishment or facility, in England,
F2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)the Dental Practice Board, and
(g)the Public Health Laboratory Service Board.
(2)The bodies subject to investigation by the Health Service Commissioner for Wales are—
[F3(a)Health Authorities whose areas are in Wales,]
(b)Special Health Authorities to which this section applies exercising functions only or mainly in Wales [F4and],
(c)National Health Service trusts managing a hospital, or other establishment or facility, in Wales, F5. . .
F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)The bodies subject to investigation by the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland are—
(a)Health Boards,
(b)National Health Service trusts established under section 12A of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
(c)the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service, F7. . .
(d)the Scottish Dental Practice Board [F8and
(e)the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland]
(4)References in this Act to a “health service body” are to any of the bodies mentioned above.
(5)The Special Health Authorities to which this section applies are those—
(a)established on or before 1st April 1974, or
(b)established after that date and designated by Order in Council as ones to which this section applies.
(6)A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council made by virtue of subsection (5)(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 2(1)(a) substituted for s. 2(1)(a)(b) (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III, para. 126(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F2S. 2(1)(e) repealed (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 126(2)(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F3S. 2(2)(a) substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 126(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F4Word in S. 2(2)(b) inserted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 126(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F5Word in S. 2(2)(c) repealed (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 126(2)(b), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F6S. 2(2)(d) repealed (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 5, 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 126(2)(a), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)
F7Word in s. 2(3)(c) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 5, ss. 4(1), 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/970, art. 2(1)
F8S. 2(3)(e) and preceding word “and” inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 5, s. 4(1); S.I. 1996/970, art. 2(1)
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