SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11E+WPart 4: minor and consequential amendments

National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)E+W

56(1)Section 18 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is amended as follows (for so long as it has effect).E+W

(2)In subsection (1), for “Health Authority”, in each place, substitute “ Local Health Board ”.

(3)In subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)a person or body who has entered into a contract under section 28Q of the principal Act, otherwise than in partnership; or

(b)two or more individuals practising in partnership who together have entered into such a contract,”.

(4)In subsections (4) and (5), for “Health Authority”, in each place, substitute “ Local Health Board ”.

(5)At the end insert—

“(9)In this section, references to the “relevant” Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board, in relation to a practice, are to the Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board with which it has entered into a contract under section 28Q of the principal Act.”