ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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1. Part I

   The National Health Service

   1. Fund-holding practices

      1. 1. Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

   2. Local administration

      1. 2. Primary Care Trusts.

      2. 3. Primary Care Trusts: finance.

      3. 4. Expenditure of Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts.

      4. 5. Primary Care Trusts: provision of services etc.

      5. 6. Delegation of Health Authority functions relating to pilot schemes and section 28C arrangements.

      6. 7. Primary Care Trusts: trust-funds and trustees.

      7. 8. Payments relating to past performance.

      8. 9. Indemnity cover for Part II services.

      9. 10. Remuneration for Part II services.

      10. 11. Local representative committees.

      11. 12. Directions.

   3. NHS trusts

      1. 13. Establishment orders.

      2. 14. Exercise of powers.

      3. 15. Public dividend capital.

      4. 16. Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.

      5. 17. Borrowing.

   4. Quality etc

      1. 18. Duty of quality.

      2. 19. The Commission for Health Improvement.

      3. 20. Functions of the Commission.

      4. 21. Arrangements with the Audit Commission.

      5. 22. Arrangements with Ministers.

      6. 23. Obtaining information etc.

      7. 24. Restrictions on disclosure of information.

      8. 25. Abolition of Clinical Standards Advisory Group.

   5. Partnership

      1. 26. Co-operation between NHS bodies.

      2. 27. Co-operation between NHS bodies and local authorities.

      3. 28. Plans for improving health etc.

      4. 29. Payments by NHS bodies to local authorities.

      5. 30. Payments by local authorities to NHS bodies.

      6. 31. Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities.

      7. 32. Joint consultative committees.

   6. Control of prices of medicines and profits

      1. 33. Powers relating to voluntary schemes.

      2. 34. Power to control prices.

      3. 35. Statutory schemes.

      4. 36. Statutory schemes: supplementary.

      5. 37. Enforcement.

      6. 38. Controls: supplementary.

   7. Evasion of charges, fraud etc.

      1. 39. Evasion of charges etc.

      2. 40. Disqualification etc. of Part II practitioners.

   8. Miscellaneous

      1. 41. High security psychiatric services.

      2. 42. Provision of information by Registrar General.

      3. 43. Health Service Commissioners.

   9. Rectification of transitional arrangements

      1. 44. Power to rectify transitional provisions etc.

2. Part II

   The National Health Service: Scotland

   1. Fund-holding practices

      1. 45. Repeal of law about fund-holding practices.

   2. NHS trusts

      1. 46. Establishment orders.

      2. 47. Directions as to delegation of functions.

      3. 48. Constitution of NHS trust boards.

      4. 49. Duties of NHS trusts.

   3. Staff transfer

      1. 50. Transfer of staff among health service bodies.

   4. Quality

      1. 51. Duty of quality.

   5. Finance

      1. 52. Expenditure of Health Boards and other bodies.

      2. 53. Public dividend capital.

      3. 54. Existing NHS trusts: conversion of initial loan.

      4. 55. Borrowing.

   6. Indemnity cover

      1. 56. Indemnity cover for Part II services.

   7. Remuneration

      1. 57. Remuneration for Part II services.

   8. Fraud

      1. 58. Disqualification etc. of Part II practitioners.

      2. 59. Recovery of charges and payments.

3. Part III

   Miscellaneous and Supplementary

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 60. Regulation of health care and associated professions.

      2. 61. English and Scottish border provisions.

   2. Supplementary

      1. 62. Regulations and orders.

      2. 63. Supplementary and consequential provision etc.

      3. 64. Interpretation.

   3. Final provisions

      1. 65. Amendments and repeals.

      2. 66. Devolution.

      3. 67. Commencement.

      4. 68. Extent.

      5. 69. Short title.

4. SCHEDULES

   1. Schedule 1

      Primary Care Trusts

   2. Schedule 2

      The Commission for Health Improvement

   3. Schedule 3

      Regulation of health care and associated professions

   4. Schedule 4

      Amendments of enactments

   5. Schedule 5

      Repeals