SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29)

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1

The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In section 16A (power to make payments towards expenditure on community services), in subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), for the words from “relating” to the end substitute “ under any of the enactments mentioned in section 5(1B) of the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (power of Secretary of State to issue directions to local authorities in respect of their functions under certain enactments), other than section 3 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958; ”;

b

in paragraph (b), the words “of a regional or islands council’s” shall cease to have effect;

c

in paragraph (c), the words “of a district or islands council’s” shall cease to have effect; and

d

in paragraph (d), the words “of a regional or islands council’s” shall cease to have effect.

3

In section 108(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.