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SCHEDULE 4Amendments relating to NHS foundation trusts

The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)

84In section 21 (schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health service bodies)—

(a)in subsection (2), after “NHS trusts;” there is inserted—

(ba)NHS foundation trusts;,

(b)in subsections (3)(a) and (4)(b), for “or NHS trust” there is substituted “, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust”,

(c)in subsection (4), at the end there is inserted—

but the Secretary of State may not make a direction under paragraph (a) above in relation to an NHS foundation trust,

(d)in subsection (5), for “or NHS trust” there is substituted “, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust”.