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      (2)  

In subsection (4) for “A local social services authority” substitute “A local

 

authority”.

 

      (3)  

After that subsection insert—

 

“(4A)    

In subsection (4), “local authority” has the same meaning as in section

 

2B.”’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

243

 

Schedule  4,  page  257,  line  26,  after ‘appointed’ insert ‘under paragraph 10 of

 

Schedule 1A’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

244

 

Schedule  4,  page  259,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 234 (special arrangement as to payment of remuneration), omit

 

subsection (4).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

245

 

Schedule  4,  page  259,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 242 (public involvement and consultation) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1A)—

 

(a)    

omit paragraph (a), and

 

(b)    

omit paragraph (b).

 

      (3)  

Omit subsections (4) and (5).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

246

 

Schedule  4,  page  260,  line  15,  leave out paragraph 124 and insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 258 (university clinical teaching and research) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

 

(a)    

for “The Secretary of State must exercise his functions under this Act”

 

substitute “The functions under this Act of the Secretary of State, the

 

Board and each commissioning consortium must be exercised”, and

 

(b)    

for “he” substitute “the Secretary of State, the Board or the consortium

 

(as the case may be)”.

 

      (3)  

In subsection (2), in paragraph (a)—

 

(a)    

after “exercisable by” insert “the Board,”,

 

(b)    

after “a” insert “commissioning consortium,”,

 

(c)    

omit “Strategic Health Authority,”, and

 

(d)    

omit “Primary Care Trust,”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

247

 

Schedule  4,  page  260,  line  40,  leave out paragraph 127.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

248

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 272 (orders, regulations, rules and directions) is amended as follows.


 
 

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      (2)  

In subsection (3) omit paragraph (d).

 

      (3)  

In subsection (5) omit “a PCT order, or”.’.

 

            

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

249

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  5,  leave out paragraph 128 and insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 273 (further provision about orders and directions) is amended as

 

follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (3) for “by a Strategic Health Authority” substitute “by the

 

Board”.

 

      (3)  

In subsection (4)(c)(ii) omit “15,”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

250

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  7,  leave out ‘275(1)’ and insert ‘275’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

251

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  8,  at the beginning insert ‘In subsection (1),’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

252

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

In the definition of “health service hospital” omit “a Primary Care Trust,”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

253

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

      ‘()  

In subsection (3)—

 

(a)    

omit “or 15”,

 

(b)    

omit “Strategic Health Authority,” (in both places where it occurs),

 

and

 

(c)    

omit “Primary Care Trust or” (in both places where it occurs).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

254

 

Schedule  4,  page  261,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 276 (index of defined expressions) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

Omit the entry relating to “NHS body”.

 

      (3)  

Omit the entry relating to “PCT order”.

 

      (4)  

After the entry relating to “provider, in relation to an NHS contract” insert—

 

“public health functions

section 1(2B)(a)

 
 

of the Secretary of State

  
 

public health functions

section 1(2B)(b)”.’.

 
 

of local authorities

  
 



 
 

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Mr Simon Burns

 

255

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936 (c. 17)

 

            

In section 1 of the Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients) Act 1936

 

(definitions)—

 

(a)    

in the definition of “voluntary hospital”, for “, NHS foundation trust

 

or a Primary Care Trust” substitute “or an NHS foundation trust”, and

 

(b)    

omit the definition of “Primary Care Trust”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

256

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘          

The National Assistance Act 1948 is amended as follows.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

257

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 26 (provision of accommodation in premises maintained by

 

voluntary organisations), in subsection (1C)—

 

(a)    

after “such” insert “commissioning consortium or”, and

 

(b)    

omit “Primary Care Trust or”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

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Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

 

            

In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil

 

Interests) Act 1951 (capacities in respect of which payments under Part 5 of

 

the Act may be made, and paying authorities), in paragraph 15—

 

(a)    

in the first column (headed “capacity”), after “Officer of” insert “the

 

National Health Service Commissioning Board, a commissioning

 

consortium,”,

 

(b)    

in that column, omit “a Strategic Health Authority,”,

 

(c)    

in the second column (headed “paying authority”), after “The” insert

 

“National Health Service Commissioning Board, commissioning

 

consortium,”, and

 

(d)    

in that column, omit “Strategic Health Authority,”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

259

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)

 

            

In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (bodies the records of which are

 

public records), in paragraph 3(2) in the Table, in second column of the first

 

entry relating to the Department of Health—


 
 

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(a)    

after “Authorities including” insert “the National Health Service

 

Commissioning Board, commissioning consortia,”,

 

(b)    

after “records of trust property passing to” insert “the National Health

 

Service Commissioning Board, a commissioning consortium,”,

 

(c)    

after “section 161 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006”

 

(in the second place it occurs) insert “or under section 274 of the

 

Health and Social Care Act 2011”,

 

(d)    

after “or held by” insert “the National Health Service Commissioning

 

Board, a commissioning consortium or”, and

 

(e)    

after “that Act, or” (in the second place where it occurs) insert “by

 

virtue of section 2 and section 13S of, or paragraph 15 of Schedule 1A

 

to, that Act, or under”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

John Pugh

 

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Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)

 

            

In the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960

 

(bodies to which the Act applies), in paragraph 1—

 

(a)    

omit paragraph (ea),

 

(b)    

before paragraph (g) insert—

 

“(fa)    

the National Health Service Commissioning

 

Board, except as regards the exercise of functions

 

under the National Health Service (Service

 

Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992, or

 

any regulations amending or replacing those

 

regulations;”, and

 

(c)    

omit paragraph (gg).’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

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Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)

 

            

In Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (matters not

 

subject to investigation), in paragraph 8—

 

(a)    

in sub-paragraph (1)—

 

(i)    

after “Secretary of State by” insert “a local authority, the

 

National Health Service Commissioning Board, a

 

commissioning consortium,

 

(ii)    

omit “a Strategic Health Authority,”, and

 

(iii)    

omit “, a Primary Care Trust”, and

 

(b)    

in sub-paragraph (2)—

 

(i)    

after “action taken by” insert “a local authority, the National

 

Health Service Commissioning Board, a commissioning

 

consortium or”,

 

(ii)    

omit “a Strategic Health Authority,”, and

 

(iii)    

omit “or Primary Care Trust”.’.


 
 

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Mr Simon Burns

 

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Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87)

 

            

In section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 (location of treatment for termination of

 

pregnancy), in subsection (3) omit “a Primary Care Trust or”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

263

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)

 

            

In section 28 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (land required for public

 

purposes)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (5), in paragraph (d)—

 

(i)    

after “to” insert “the National Health Service Commissioning

 

Board, any commissioning consortium,”,

 

(ii)    

omit “any Strategic Health Authority,”, and

 

(iii)    

omit “, any Primary Care Trust”, and

 

(b)    

in subsection (6), in paragraph (c)—

 

(i)    

after “in the case of” insert “the National Health Service

 

Commissioning Board, a commissioning consortium,”,

 

(ii)    

omit “a Strategic Health Authority,”, and

 

(iii)    

omit “, Primary Care Trust”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

264

 

Schedule  5,  page  261,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘          

The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 is amended as follows.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

265

 

Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 64 (financial assistance to certain voluntary organisations), in

 

subsection (3)(b)—

 

(a)    

after “City of London” insert “or a service for the provision of which

 

the National Health Service Commissioning Board or a

 

commissioning consortium has, by virtue of the National Health

 

Service Act 2006, a duty or power to make arrangements”,

 

(b)    

for “a Primary Care Trust or local Health Board are” substitute “a local

 

Health Board is”,

 

(c)    

omit “Chapter 1 of Part 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or”,

 

and

 

(d)    

omit “Primary Care Trust or”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

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Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—


 
 

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Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (c. 57)

 

            

In section 3 of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

 

(employers exempted from insurance), in subsection (2)(a)—

 

(a)    

after “National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990,” insert

 

“the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a commissioning

 

consortium established under section 14D of the National Health

 

Service Act 2006,”, and

 

(b)    

omit “, a Primary Care Trust established under section 18 of the

 

National Health Service Act 2006”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

267

 

Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42)

 

            

In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (social services

 

functions) in the entry relating to the Children Act 1989, in the column headed

 

“Nature of functions”—

 

(a)    

after “accommodated” insert “pursuant to arrangements made by the

 

National Health Service Commissioning Board or a commissioning

 

consortium under the National Health Service Act 2006 or”, and

 

(b)    

omit “Primary Care Trusts,”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

268

 

Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44)

 

    (1)  

Section 17 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (separation

 

of younger from older patients) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1) for “The Secretary of State” substitute “The Welsh

 

Ministers”.

 

      (3)  

In subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

for “The Secretary of State” substitute “The Welsh Ministers”,

 

(b)    

for “each House of Parliament” substitute “the National Assembly for

 

Wales”,

 

(c)    

for “as he considers” substitute “as they consider”, and

 

(d)    

for “in him” substitute “in them”.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

269

 

Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

 

            

In section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972 (placing of staff of local

 

authorities at disposal of certain persons)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (1A)—

 

(i)    

after “with” insert “the Secretary of State, the National Health

 

Service Commissioning Board,”,


 
 

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(ii)    

after “Local Health Board,” (in each place where it occurs)

 

insert “commissioning consortium,”,

 

(iii)    

omit “Primary Care Trust,” (in each place where it occurs),

 

(iv)    

in paragraph (a), after “disposal of” insert “the Secretary of

 

State, the National Health Service Commissioning Board,”,

 

and

 

(v)    

in paragraph (b), after “employed by” insert “the Secretary of

 

State, the National Health Service Commissioning Board,”,

 

and

 

(b)    

in subsection (4)—

 

(i)    

after “above”, insert ““Secretary of State” means the

 

Secretary of State in relation to the exercise of functions under

 

section 2A or 2B of, or paragraph 7C, 8 or 12 of Schedule 1

 

to, the National Health Service Act 2006,”,

 

(ii)    

before ““NHS trust”” insert ““commissioning consortium”

 

means a commissioning consortium established under section

 

14D of the National Health Service Act 2006, and”, and

 

(iii)    

omit the words from “and “Primary Care Trust”” to the end.’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

270

 

Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

 

            

In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

 

(offices disqualifying for membership of the House)—

 

(a)    

omit the entry relating to the chairman or any member of a Primary

 

Care Trust,

 

(b)    

in the entry relating to the chairman or any member of any Strategic

 

Health Authority or Special Health Authority, omit “Strategic Health

 

Authority, or”, and

 

(c)    

at the appropriate place insert—

 

    

“Chairman or non-executive member of the National Health Service

 

Commissioning Board.”’.

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

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Schedule  5,  page  262,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67)

 

            

The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 is amended as follows.

 

            

In section 16 (land excluded from compulsory purchase), in subsection (3)—

 

(a)    

after paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(aa)    

the National Health Service Commissioning Board;

 

(ab)    

a commissioning consortium established under

 

section 14D of the National Health Service Act

 

2006;”, and

 

(b)    

omit paragraph (c).

 

            

In section 17 (special parliamentary procedure applying to compulsory

 

purchase orders concerning certain land), in subsection (4) in the definition of

 

“statutory undertakers”—


 
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