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.