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Health Services Act 1980

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77Section 128(1) of the Act of 1977 shall be amended as follows—

(a)in the appropriate place in alphabetical order there shall be inserted the following definition—

  • " Area Health Authority " and "District Health Authority " mean respectively the authority for an area and the authority for a district, whether or not the name of the authority incorporates the word " Teaching " or, in the case of an authority for a district, the word " District " ;

(b)in the definition of " health authority ", for the words " or Area", there shall be substituted the words " Area or District ";

(c)in the definition of " the health service ", after the words " in pursuance of ", there shall be inserted the words " section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1946 and continued under ";

(d)in the definition of " health service hospital", after the word " State ", there shall be inserted the words " for the purposes of his functions "; and

(e)for the definition of " voluntary ", there shall be substituted the following definition—

  • “" voluntary organisation " means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit, but does not include any public or local authority ;”.

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