The National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements)(Wales) Amendment Regulations 2000

Amendment of principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (restrictions on the exercise of functions by Health Authorities) after paragraph (3A) there is inserted the following paragraph—

“(3B)   –

(1) In exercising the functions of the National Assembly for Wales under section 4 of the Act(1) a Health Authority in Wales may enter into an NHS contract for the provision of high security psychiatric services with the following providers only—

(a) Ashworth Hospital Authority, Broadmoor Hospital Authority or Rampton Hospital Authority(2) or

(b) an approved NHS trust

and may not arrange with any other person or body (including voluntary organisations) for that person or body to provide such services.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) “an approved NHS trust” means a trust approved under paragraph 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act(3)_

(a) in Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales, and

(b) in England, by the Secretary of State.”.

(3) The amendments to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations made by the National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 2000(4) shall have effect in relation to Wales.

(1)

Section 4 of the National Health Service Act 1977 is substituted by the 1999 Act, section 41(1) which comes into force on 1st April 2000 (see S.I. 1999/2793).

(2)

See S.I 1966/488 and 489 which were amended by S.I. 2000/90.

(3)

Paragraph 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act is inserted by the 1999 Act, section 41(3) which comes into force on 1st April 2000 (see 1999/2793).

(4)

S.I.2000/267.