Health and Social Security Act 1984

6 Finance in National Health Service

(1) The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2) of section 97 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (means of meeting expenditure of health authorities)—

“(2A) The date on which an allotment to an authority under subsection (1) or (2) above (including an allotment increasing or reducing an allotment previously made) takes effect is the date on which the authority are notified of its amount by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Regional Health Authority.”.

(2) The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2) of section 98 of that Act (accounts and audit)—

“(2A) The accounts prepared and transmitted by a District Health Authority in pursuance of subsection (2) above shall include annual accounts of a Community Health Council if—

(a) the Council is established for the Authority's district; or

(b) the Authority is the prescribed Authority in relation to the Council.”.

(3) The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1) of section 85 of the [1978 c. 29.] National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (expenses)—

“(1A) The date on which an allotment under subsection (1) above (including an allotment increasing or reducing an allotment previously made) takes effect is the date on which the body receiving the allotment are notified of its amount by the Secretary of State.”.

(4) In subsection (11) of section 121 of the [1983 c. 20.] Mental Health Act 1983 (Mental Health Act Commission) for the words " sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) were omitted " there shall be substituted the words " the reference to a member in sub-paragraph (4) included a reference to the chairman ".