SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Part 1: transitional provision
Arrangements between PCTs and clinical commissioning groups during initial period
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1
A Primary Care Trust may at any time during the initial period make arrangements with a clinical commissioning group under which the group exercises any functions of the Primary Care Trust on its behalf.
2
Any reference (however expressed) in the following provisions of Chapter A2 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006 to the functions of a clinical commissioning group includes a reference to the functions of a Primary Care Trust that are exercisable by the group by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)—
a
section 14P(1),
b
section 14Q,
c
section 14R(1),
d
section 14T,
e
section 14U(1),
f
section 14V,
g
section 14W(1),
h
section 14X,
i
section 14Y,
j
section 14Z1(1) and (2),
k
section 14Z3(7),
l
section 14Z4(1),
m
section 14Z5(2),
n
section 14Z7(7) insofar as it defines “commissioning functions” in section 14Z8,
o
sections 14Z17(1), 14Z19(1) and 14Z21(1) and (3),
p
in Schedule 1A, paragraphs 3(1) and (3), 6 and 12(9)(b).
3
Arrangements made under sub-paragraph (1) do not affect the liability of the Primary Care Trust for the exercise of any of its functions.