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Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made
6th November 2003
Laid before Parliament
10th November 2003
Coming into force
1st December 2003
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1)(b) and (1ZA), 17 and 17A(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1997 c. 49. Section 15(1) of the 1977 Act has been amended by: the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), section 5(2); the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 12(1); the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 6; and the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraph 2(2). Section 15(1ZA) of the 1977 Act was inserted by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 4(2), and was amended by the 2002 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 11. Section 17 of the 1977 Act is as substituted by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 12(1), and thereafter amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(3), and the 2002 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 7. Section 17A of the 1977 Act is as substituted by the 2002 Act, section 3(3). See section 28(1) of the 1977 Act, as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under the 1977 Act were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of, and the entry for the 1977 Act in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act and as read with section 40(1) of the 2002 Act.
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