Health Services Act 1976

Part IVE+W+S Supplementary and General

21 Expenses and receiptsE+W+S

(1)There shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act; and

(b)an increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under any other Act;

and, . . . F1, any sums received by the Secretary of State by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

22 General provisions as to regulations.E+W+S

(1)Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations—

(a)may be exercised so as to make different provisions for different areas or in relation to different cases or different circumstances to which the power is applicable, and to make any provision to which the power extends subject to such exceptions, limitations and conditions (if any) as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient;

(b)includes power to make such incidental or supplemental provision in the regulations as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and

(c)shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)Before making any regulations . . . F2 under any provision of Part III of this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(b)such bodies as he may recognise as being representative of medical practitioners or dental practitioners; and

(c)such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the regulations.

23 General interpretation, amendments and repeals.E+W+S

(1)In this Act—

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

• [F5 “the National Health Service Acts” means, for England and Wales, the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 or for Scotland, the National Health Service (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1973,]

• “the national health services” means the health services established in England and Wales and in Scotland respectively in pursuance of section 1 of the principal Act;

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

• [F7“the principal Act” means, for England and Wales, the M1National Health Service Act 1977 or, for Scotland, the M2National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;]

and, unless the context otherwise requires, any expression to which a meaning is assigned by the principal Act for the purposes of that Act has that meaning also for the purposes of this Act.

(2)Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment is a reference to it as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

[F8(2A)The Secretary of State may by order provide that this Act shall extend to the Isles of Scilly with such modifications, if any, as are specified in the order, and except as may be so provided this Act does not extend to the Isles of Scilly.]

(3)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

(6)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

24 Citation, commencement and extent.E+W+S

(1)This Act may be cited as the Health Services Act 1976, . . . F11

(2)Part III of this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.

(3)This Act, . . . F11, does not extend to Northern Ireland.