Arrangements between PCTs and clinical commissioning groups during initial period
11(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.