(1)The National Health Service Commissioning Board may make arrangements with a Northern Ireland Minister for the Board to commission services for the purposes of the Northern Ireland health service.
(2)Arrangements under this section may be on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the parties to the arrangements.
(3)Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the National Health Service Commissioning Board in respect of the cost to it of giving effect to the arrangements.
(4)In this section—
“commission” means arrange for the provision of,
“Northern Ireland health service” means any of the health services under any enactment which extends to Northern Ireland and which corresponds to section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (and, for that purpose, “enactment” includes subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 and Northern Ireland legislation), and
“Northern Ireland Minister” includes the First Minister, the deputy First Minister and a Northern Ireland department.