SCHEDULE 11 continued
46 (1) Section 17D of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) in paragraph (b)(ii), after “arrangements or” insert “primary medical services in accordance with”;
(b) in paragraph (c)(ii), after “arrangements or” insert “primary dental services in accordance with”.
(3) In subsection (2), in the definition of “NHS employee”—
(a) in paragraph (b)(ii), after “arrangements or” insert “primary medical services in accordance with”;
(b) in paragraph (c)(i), for “36(1)(a)” substitute “28X”;
(c) in paragraph (c)(ii), after “arrangements or” insert “primary dental services in accordance with”.
47 The Medical Act 1983 is amended as follows.
48 In section 11(4), in the definition of “medical practice”—
(a) after “practitioners—” insert—
“(za) perform primary medical services under Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977; or”;
(b) in paragraph (a), omit “Part II of the National Health Service Act 1977,”;
(c) in paragraph (b), omit “section 28C of the 1977 Act,”.
49 In section 12(2)(a), for “general medical services under Part II of the National Health Service Act 1977,” substitute “primary medical services under Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977 or general medical services under”.
50 In section 40(2) of the Dentists Act 1984, after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) by a person providing primary dental services under section 28C of the National Health Service Act 1977 or under a contract under section 28K of that Act, or”.
51 In section 1(6) of the Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988, in the paragraph 6B inserted into Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)—
(a) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) any particular person who is or was formerly included in, or is an applicant for inclusion in, a list under section 28X of that Act; or
(ab) any particular person who is or was formerly providing services under a contract under section 28K or section 28Q of that Act; or”;
(b) in paragraph (b), for “such a person” substitute “a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (ab) above”.
52 In section 240(4) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988—
(a) after “providing—” insert—
“(za) primary medical services or primary dental services under Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977”;
(b) in paragraph (a)(i), after “1977” insert “(in the case of pharmaceutical services)”;
(c) omit paragraph (b)(i).
53 The Health and Medicines Act 1988 has effect subject to the following amendments.
54 In section 12(1)—
(a) omit “The Dental Estimates Board shall be renamed as “the Dental Practice Board” and”;
(b) in paragraph (a), omit “for any reference to the Dental Estimates Board there were substituted a reference to the Dental Practice Board and”;
(c) in paragraph (b)—
(i) omit “the Dental Estimates Board or”,
(ii) for “either or both of those Boards” substitute “that Board”, and
(iii) omit “the Dental Practice Board and”.
55 In section 17(1)—
(a) omit “29, 36”;
(b) for “39 or 42” substitute “38, 39, 41 or 42”.
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).
(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.”
57 (1) The Access to Health Records Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1, in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) in the case of a record made by a health professional performing primary medical services under a general medical services contract made with a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board, the person or body who entered into the contract with the Trust or Board (or, in a case where more than one person so entered into the contract, any such person);
(aa) in the case of a record made by a health professional performing such services in accordance with arrangements under section 28C of that Act with a Primary Care Trust, Strategic Health Authority or Local Health Board, the person or body which made the arrangements with the Trust, Authority or Board (or, in a case where more than one person so made the arrangements, any such person);”.
(3) In that subsection, in paragraph (b), after “by a health service body” insert “(and not falling within paragraph (aa) above)”.
(4) In section 7—
(a) in subsection (2), omit the words from “(other” to “section 1(2)(a) above)”; and
(b) omit subsection (3).
(5) In section 11—
(a) at the appropriate place, insert—
““general medical services contract” means a contract under section 28Q of the National Health Service Act 1977;”;
(b) omit the definition of “general practitioner”.
(6) This paragraph extends to England and Wales only.
58 In Schedule 4A to the Water Industry Act 1991, for paragraph 7 substitute—
“7. Premises not falling within paragraph 5 or 6 above which are used for the provision of primary medical services or primary dental services under Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977.”
59 (1) Section 279 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (a), omit “28C, 29, 35”.
(3) Renumber the existing provision as subsection (1).
(4) After that provision insert—
“(2) In this Act “worker” also includes an individual regarded in his capacity as one who works or normally works or seeks to work as a person performing primary medical services or primary dental services—
(a) in accordance with arrangements made by a Primary Care Trust, Strategic Health Authority or Local Health Board under section 28C of the National Health Service Act 1977; or
(b) under a contract under section 28K or 28Q of that Act entered into by him with a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board,
and “employer” in relation to such an individual, regarded in that capacity, means that Trust, Authority or Board.”
60 The Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 has effect subject to the following amendments.
61 In section 2—
(a) in subsection (1)(c), for the words from “exercising” to the end substitute “not exercising functions only or mainly in Wales”;
(b) in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “exercising” to the end substitute “not exercising functions only or mainly in England”.
62 (1) Section 2A is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) persons (whether individuals or bodies) providing services under a contract entered into by them with a Primary Care Trust under section 28K or 28Q of the National Health Service Act 1977”;
(b) in paragraph (c), for “personal”, in both places, substitute “primary”.
(3) In subsection (2)—
(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) persons (whether individuals or bodies) providing services under a contract entered into by them with a Local Health Board under section 28K or 28Q of the National Health Service Act 1977;”;
(b) in paragraph (c), for “personal”, in both places, substitute “primary”.
63 In section 6(5)—
(a) omit “29, 36”;
(b) for “39 or 42” substitute “38, 39, 41 or 42”.
64 In section 18(1), after “partly” insert “or wholly”.
65 (1) Section 43K of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba) works or worked as a person performing services under a contract entered into by him with a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board under section 28K or 28Q of the National Health Service Act 1977,”.
(3) In subsection (2), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (ba) of that subsection, the Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board referred to in that paragraph,”.
66 In section 520(1) of the Education Act 1996, for “(1A)” substitute “16CB”.
67 In Schedule 3 to the Health Act 1999, in paragraph 11(2)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “provide” to “under” substitute “perform primary medical services under Part 1 of”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (d), for the words from “provide” to “under” substitute “perform primary dental services under Part 1 of”.
68 In Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, in Part 3, before paragraph 44 insert—
“43A Any person providing primary medical services or primary dental services—
(a) in accordance with arrangements made under section 28C of the National Health Service Act 1977; or
(b) under a contract under section 28K or 28Q of that Act;
in respect of information relating to the provision of those services.”
69 The Health and Social Care Act 2001 has effect subject to the following amendments.
70 Section 18 shall cease to have effect.
71 In section 28(4), for the words from “personal medical services” to the end substitute “primary medical services or primary dental services under any provision of, or made under, the 1977 Act.”
72 (1) Schedule 1 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs 11 and 12 substitute—
“11 Information relating to a particular person who—
(a) is or was formerly providing primary medical services or primary dental services under a contract under section 28K or 28Q of the 1977 Act;
(b) is or was formerly included in, or is an applicant for inclusion in, a list under section 28X of the 1977 Act.”
(3) In paragraph 13, for “, 11 or 12” substitute “or 11”.
73 In Schedule 2, in paragraph 5(2), for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—
“(c) primary medical services provided under Part 1 of the 1977 Act.”
74 (1) Section 17 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) after paragraph (f) insert—
“(fa) persons providing primary medical services or primary dental services under Part 1 of the 1977 Act,”; and
(b) in paragraph (g), omit the words from “or under” to “that Act”.
(3) In subsection (2), for “(1)(g)” substitute “(1)(fa), (g)”.