SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Amendments of the National Health Service Act 2006

PART 12Miscellaneous

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After section 271 insert—

271AServices to be treated as services of the Crown for certain purposes

1

Services to which this section applies are to be treated as services of the Crown for the purposes of—

a

Schedule 1 to the Registered Designs Act 1949 (provisions as to the use of registered designs for the services of the Crown etc.), and

b

sections 55 to 59 of the Patents Act 1977 (use of patented inventions for the services of the Crown).

2

This section applies to services provided in pursuance of—

a

the functions of the Board or a clinical commissioning group under section 3, 3A, 3B or 4 or Schedule 1, or

b

the public health functions of a local authority.