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- Act modified by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 3(7)
- Act repealed by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 4
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 3(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 8
- s. 3(4)(a) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 7(4)(a)
- s. 3(4)(b) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 3(4)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 7(4)(b)
- s. 8(9) (10) added by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(1)
- s. 11(4A) (4B) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(2)(a)
- s. 16B(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 182(1)
- s. 16BC(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 182(2)
- s. 16CA and heading inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 170
- s. 16CB inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 171(1)
- s. 16CC inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 174
- s. 16CD 16CE inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 37
- s. 19A(2)(aa) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 9 para. 9
- s. 20A inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(1)
- s. 21(4) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 9
- s. 22(1A)(e) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 4 para. 25
- s. 28D(1)(b)-(bc) substituted for s. 28D(1)(b)(c) by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(2)
- s. 28D(1)(bc)(i) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 28D(1)(bc)(iii) words substituted by S.I. 2004/957 Sch. para. 3
- s. 28D(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(3)
- s. 28E(3)(ca) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(7)
- s. 28E(3A) (3B) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(8)
- s. 28E(3C) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(9)
- s. 28E(3D) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(10)
- s. 28E(3E) (3F) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 177(11)
- s. 28K-28P and heading inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 172(1)
- s. 28M(4) words substituted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 16
- s. 28Q-28W and heading(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 175(1)
- s. 28W(5) applied by S.I. 2004/478 reg. 100(3)
- s. 28W(5) applied by S.I. 2004/478 Sch. 6 para. 100(3)
- s. 28X applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/552 Sch. 1 para. 4
- s. 28X inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 179(1)
- s. 28X heading words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(5)
- s. 28X(1A) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 17(a)
- s. 28X(2A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(2)
- s. 28X(3)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(3)
- s. 28X(3)(c) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 17(b)
- s. 28X(6A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 39(4)
- s. 28Y inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 180
- s. 28Y(1) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/552 Sch. 1 para. 5
- s. 28Y(1)(a) substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 40(2)
- s. 28Y(1)(b) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 s. 40(3)
- s. 28Y(1)(c) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 18
- s. 28WA-28WF and cross-heading inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 38
- s. 29-34A repealed by 2003 c. 43 s. 175(2) Sch. 14 Pt. 4
- s. 34A inserted by 1997 c. 46 s. 25(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 25(1) repealed (1.4.2004) without ever being in force by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4 Note; S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(p) (with art. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(p) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345))
- s. 35(3)-(3B) substituted for s. 35(3) by S.I. 2005/2011 Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(a) (This amendment comes into force on a day to be specified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes (see, for example, the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008))
- s. 42(2A) inserted by 2001 c. 15 s. 40(3)
- s. 42(2B) (2C) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 35
- s. 42A 42B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 34(1)
- s. 43(4)(5) added by 1997 c. 19 Sch. para. 6 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1997 c. 19 repealed (30.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/289, art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 6; commencing date as notified in The Gazette, published 23.3.2007)
- s. 43A inserted by 1984 c. 48 s. 7(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(1) repealed (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 43A 43B substituted by 1999 c. 8 s. 10(1)(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 10 repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1))
- s. 43A 43B substituted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 19
- s. 43A(3) repealed by 1997 c. 46 Sch. 2 para. 77 Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 77 repealed (E.W.) (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without ever being in force by The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 43B added by 1984 c. 48 s. 7(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 7(3) repealed to the extent that it inserts section 43B of the National Health Service Act 1977 (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) without that amendment ever being in force by National Health Service (Pre - consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4))
- s. 44(3A) inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 20(c)
- s. 45A 45B inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 23
- s. 45A(3) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45A(3)(a) word repealed by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(2) Sch. 9
- s. 45A(3)(aa) inserted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(2)
- s. 45A(4) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45A(4)(a) substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 17(3)
- s. 45A(11) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 45C inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 41
- s. 46-46C substituted for s. 46 by 1999 c. 8 s. 40(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 40 repealed by 2001 c. 15, ss. 67, 70(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with ss. 64(a), 65(4)), the repeal coming into force immediately before the coming into force of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (as to which see s. 227 of that 2006 Act) by virtue of The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 8(c))
- s. 54(1)(c) and word(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 26(2)(c)
- s. 54(1)(c) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 72(5)(d) and word(s) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 27(2)
- s. 72(5)(d) modified by S.I. 2004/865 art. 109(2)(a)
- s. 72(5)(d) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 21(b)(i)
- s. 72(5)(d) words substituted by 2006 c. 28 Sch. 8 para. 21(b)(ii)
- s. 77(4) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 28
- s. 78A inserted by 1997 c. 46 s. 26(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 26(1) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 79(5)(b) modified by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(4)
- s. 96(4) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 27
- s. 96A(12) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 4 para. 37
- s. 98(1A)-(1C) inserted by S.I. 2003/1324 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1A) substituted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1A)(e) inserted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)
- s. 98(1C) words inserted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(1C) words substituted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(1D) inserted by 2004 c. 23 Sch. 2 para. 2
- s. 98(1BA)(1BB) inserted by S.I. 2004/1714 Sch. 2 para. 1(3)
- s. 98(1BC) inserted by S.I. 2006/960 Sch. 2 para. 1(3)
- s. 98(4A) inserted by S.I. 2003/1324 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)
- s. 98(7)-(10) inserted by S.I. 2005/1074 art. 2(2)
- s. 103(4)(5) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 5(12)(c) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 43, s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 124A(3)(aa) inserted by 2002 c. 38 Sch. 3 para. 20
- s. 126(1A) inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(3)(b)
- s. 126(4A) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(13)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 5(13)(c) repealed (1.3.2007) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 43, s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1))
- s. 126(4A) inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(2)
- Sch. 5 para. 12B inserted by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 39(c)
- Sch. 5 para. 10(2A)-(2C) substituted for Sch. 5 para. 10(2A) by S.I. 2005/2011 Sch. 6 para. 1(4) (This amendment comes into force on a day to be specified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes (see, for example, the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008))
- Sch. 5A para. 20(1A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(3)
- Sch. 5B para. 19(1A) inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 74(4)
- Sch. 7A inserted by 2003 c. 4 s. 1(3) Sch. 1
- Sch. 7A para. 3(1)(fa) inserted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a)
- Sch. 7A para. 3(1)(g) words repealed by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(b) Sch. 14 Pt. 4
- Sch. 7A para. 3(2) words substituted by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 40(3)
- Sch. 9A para. 10(a)(aa) substituted for s. Sch. 9A para. 10(a) by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 11 para. 42(4)(b)
- Sch. 9A para. 6(d)(i)(ii) substituted for words in para. 6(d) by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 40(b)
- Sch. 11 para. 5A inserted by S.I. 2004/3363 art. 7
- Sch. 12 para. 2A(6) added by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 42(g)
- Sch. 12 para. 2B amendment to earlier affecting provision 2006 c. 28, s. 41(3) by S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 15 (The earlier affecting provision cited is incorrect. The correct provision should be s. 42(3).)
- Sch. 12 para. 2B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 42(3)
- Sch. 12 para. 2A(1)(b) (ba) substituted for Sch. 12 para. 2A(1)(b) by 2006 c. 28 s. 42(2)(a)
- Sch. 12A para. 7(4) inserted by 2001 c. 15 Sch. 5 para. 5(17)(c)
- Sch. 12B inserted by 2006 c. 28 s. 56(2) Sch. 3
- Sch. 12ZA inserted by 2003 c. 43 s. 183(2)
Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the National Health Service Act 1977
Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
- S.I. 2003/53 art. 2-4 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/713 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/833 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/2245 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2003/2246 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/2660 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 4)
- S.I. 2003/3064 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 4)
- S.I. 2003/3083 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2003/3346 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/103 art. 2-4 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2004/287 art. 2 3 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2004/288 art. 2-6 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/289 art. 2 commences (1998 c. 8)
- S.I. 2004/480 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/759 art. 2-13 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/874 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 42)
- S.I. 2004/1009 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/1019 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/1859 art. 2-6 commences (1999 c. 8)
- S.I. 2004/2626 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/457 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/558 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2004 c. 23)
- S.I. 2005/1432 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 12)
- S.I. 2005/2213 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 38)
- S.I. 2005/2800 art. 3-5 commences (2005 c. 10)
- S.I. 2005/2897 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 38)
- S.I. 2005/2925 art. 2 4-11 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/2926 art. 2 3 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2006/345 art. 2-7 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/481 art. 2 3 commences (2001 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3 6 8 12 13 commences (1997 c. 46)
- S.I. 2006/2603 art. 2-5 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2006/3125 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2007/204 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/1972 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 28)
[F1Part IIIE+W+S Powers and Duties
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5A inserted (8.9.1999, 4.1.2000 and 1.4.2000 for specified purposes for E., and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, s. 2(2), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(2)(b)(3)(a)(4)(a), Schs. 1, 2, 3
General powersE+W+S
12(1)A Primary Care Trust may do anything which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of or in connection with the exercise of its functions.E+W+S
(2)That includes, in particular—
(a)acquiring and disposing of land and other property,
(b)entering into contracts,
(c)accepting gifts of money, land and other property, including money, land or other property held on trust, either for the general or any specific purposes of the Primary Care Trust or for all or any purposes relating to the health service.
13(1)Any rights acquired, or liabilities (including liabilities in tort) incurred, in respect of the exercise by a Primary Care Trust of any function exercisable by it by virtue of section 16B or 17A above are enforceable by or (as the case may be) against that trust (and no other health service body).E+W+S
(2)This paragraph does not apply in relation to the joint exercise of any functions by a Primary Care Trust with another body under section 16B(2)(c) above.
Specific powersE+W+S
14(1)A Primary Care Trust may conduct, commission or assist the conduct of research.E+W+S
(2)A trust may, in particular, make officers available or provide facilities under sub-paragraph (1) above.
15E+W+SA Primary Care Trust may—
(a)make officers available in connection with any instruction provided under section 63 of the M1Health Services and Public Health Act 1968,
(b)make officers and facilities available in connection with training by a university or any other body providing training in connection with the health service.
Specific dutiesE+W+S
16(1)As soon as is practicable after the end of each financial year every Primary Care Trust shall prepare a report on the trust’s activities during that year and shall send a copy of the report to [F2each Strategic Health Authority whose area includes any part of the trust’s area] and to the Secretary of State.E+W+S
(2)The report shall give details of the measures the trust has taken to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in using its resources for the exercise of its functions.
(3)A Primary Care Trust shall prepare and send such other reports, and supply such information, to [F3any Strategic Health Authority whose area includes any part of the trust’s area] or to the Secretary of State as they or, as the case may be, he require.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 5A para. 16(1) substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 2(4)(c), 42(3); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 5A para. 16(3) substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 2(4)(d), 42(3); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(a)
17E+W+SProvision must be made by regulations requiring Primary Care Trusts to publicise—
(a)the trust’s audited accounts,
(b)the trust’s annual reports prepared under paragraph 16 above,
(c)any report on the trust’s accounts made pursuant to section 8 of the M2Audit Commission Act 1998 (report of auditor on matter of public interest), and
(d)any other document as may be prescribed,
by taking such steps as may be specified in the regulations.
StatusE+W+S
18E+W+SA Primary Care Trust is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown; and a Primary Care Trust’s property is not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.
Compulsory acquisitionE+W+S
19(1)A Primary Care Trust may be authorised to purchase land compulsorily for the purposes of its functions by means of an order made by the trust and confirmed by the Secretary of State.E+W+S
(2)The M3Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies to the compulsory purchase of land under this paragraph.
(3)No order is to be made by a Primary Care Trust under Part II of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 in respect of any land unless the proposal to acquire the land compulsorily—
(a)has been submitted to the Secretary of State in the form, and with the information, required by him, and
(b)has been approved by him.
DissolutionE+W+S
20(1)The Secretary of State may, if a Primary Care Trust is dissolved, by order transfer (or provide for the transfer) to himself or to a [F4Strategic Health Authority] , a Special Health Authority, an NHS trust or another Primary Care Trust any property, rights or liabilities of the dissolved trust.E+W+S
(2)If any consultation requirements apply, they must be complied with before the order is made.
(3)In this paragraph, “consultation requirements” means requirements about consultation contained in regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 5A Pt. 3 para. 20 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 35(3); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
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