The 1977 Act
7(1)Section 97E (resource limits for Primary Care Trusts) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for “the Health Authority for the trust’s area” there is substituted “the Secretary of State”.
(3)For subsection (2A) there is substituted—
“(2A)But in specifying an amount for a Primary Care Trust under subsection (1) above (or in varying the amount under subsection (4) below), the Secretary of State may take into account (in whatever way he thinks appropriate)—
(a)any such use of resources; and
(b)the use of any resources which would have been for the purpose of the trust’s general Part 2 expenditure but for an order under section 103(1) below,
during any period he thinks appropriate (or such elements of such uses of resources as he thinks appropriate).”