PART 11Miscellaneous
Arrangements with devolved authorities etc.
296Arrangements between the Board and Scottish Ministers etc.
(1)
The National Health Service Commissioning Board may make arrangements with the Scottish Ministers or a Scottish health body for the Board to commission services for the purposes of the Scottish 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, and
“Scottish health body” means—
(a)
a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and
(b)
the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted by section 10 of that Act.