Health and Social Care Act 2012

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

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78(1)Section 322 (duty of certain bodies to help local authorities) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)after “another local authority,” insert “the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group or”,

(b)omit “or a Primary Care Trust”, and

(c)for “the board, authority or trust” substitute “that body”.

(3)In subsection (2), for “An authority, a board or a trust” substitute “A body”.

(4)In subsection (3), in paragraph (a)—

(a)after “request is made of” insert “the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group or”,

(b)omit “or Primary Care Trust”, and

(c)for “that board or trust” substitute “that body”.

(5)In subsection (4)—

(a)for “an authority, a board” substitute “a local authority, the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group or a Local Health Board”, and

(b)omit “or a trust”.