The National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 708

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 1996

Made

11th March 1996

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1996

Coming into force

1st April 1996

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 63(5A) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968(1), and sections 13, 16(1) and (2), 17, 18, 51(2) and 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations.

(1)

1968 c. 46. Section 63 was amended by the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraphs 124(2) and (3), and Schedule 5, the National Health Service Act 1977, paragraph 45 of Schedule 15, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 16, and Schedule 17, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 17, the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 20(a) and (b) and Schedule 3, and the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), paragraph 95 of Schedule 1 (which also added subsection (5A)).

(2)

1977 c. 49. Section 13 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), paragraph 31 of Schedule 1, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 10, and the 1995 Act, paragraph 4 of Schedule 1. Sections 16 and 17 were substituted by the 1995 Act, paragraphs 7 and 8 respectively of Schedule 1. Section 18 was amended by the 1980 Act, paragraphs 38 and 92 of Schedule 1, S.I. 1985/39, article 7, the 1990 Act, Schedule 10, and the 1995 Act, section 3(8) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1. Section 51 was amended (and subsection (2) added) by the 1995 Act, paragraph 35 of Schedule 1. Section 126 was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2), and the 1995 Act, paragraph 57 of Schedule 1.