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Health Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 28

CONTENTS

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  1. Part 1

    Smoking

    1. Chapter 1

      Smoke-free premises, places and vehicles

      1. Introduction

        1. 1. Introduction

      2. Smoke-free premises, etc.

        1. 2. Smoke-free premises

        2. 3. Smoke-free premises: exemptions

        3. 4. Additional smoke-free places

        4. 5. Vehicles

      3. No-smoking signs

        1. 6. No-smoking signs

      4. Offences relating to smoking in smoke-free premises, etc.

        1. 7. Offence of smoking in smoke-free place

        2. 8. Offence of failing to prevent smoking in smoke-free place

      5. Fixed penalties

        1. 9. Fixed penalties

      6. Enforcement

        1. 10. Enforcement

        2. 11. Obstruction etc. of officers

      7. Interpretation, etc.

        1. 12. Interpretation and territorial sea

    2. Chapter 2

      Age for sale of tobacco etc.

      1. 13. Power to amend age for sale of tobacco etc.

  2. Part 2

    Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections

    1. 14. Code of practice relating to health care associated infections

    2. 15. Code of practice: effects on existing functions of Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

    3. 16. Code of practice: improvement notices

  3. Part 3

    Drugs, Medicines and Pharmacies

    1. Chapter 1

      Supervision of management and use of controlled drugs

      1. 17. Accountable officers and their responsibilities as to controlled drugs

      2. 18. Co-operation between health bodies and other organisations

      3. 19. Meaning of “relevant person” in section 18

      4. 20. Controlled drugs: power to enter and inspect

      5. 21. Offences in connection with power to enter and inspect

      6. 22. Guidance

      7. 23. Crown application

      8. 24. Relevant authorities

      9. 25. Interpretation

    2. Chapter 2

      Medicines and pharmacies

      1. 26. Requirements about supervision

      2. 27. Control of pharmacy premises: individuals and partnerships

      3. 28. Control of pharmacy premises: bodies corporate

      4. 29. Control of pharmacy premises: representative of pharmacist in case of death or disability

      5. 30. The responsible pharmacist

      6. 31. Enforcement

      7. 32. Order-making powers

      8. 33. Orders under s.60 of the Health Act 1999

  4. Part 4

    The National Health Service

    1. Chapter 1

      Pharmaceutical services

      1. 34. Power to charge

      2. 35. Applications for provision of pharmaceutical services

      3. 36. Arrangements for dispensing of medicines

    2. Chapter 2

      Ophthalmic services

      1. 37. Provision of primary ophthalmic services

      2. 38. General ophthalmic services contracts

      3. 39. Persons performing primary ophthalmic services

      4. 40. Assistance and support

      5. 41. Local Optical Committees

      6. 42. Payments in respect of optical appliances

      7. 43. General ophthalmic services: transitional

    3. Chapter 3

      Protection of NHS from fraud and other unlawful activities

      1. Preliminary

        1. 44. Compulsory disclosure of documents for purposes of counter fraud or security management functions

        2. 45. Meaning of “NHS body” etc.

      2. Disclosure notices

        1. 46. Notice requiring production of documents

        2. 47. Production of documents

        3. 48. Delegation of functions

        4. 49. Code of practice relating to delegated functions

        5. 50. Disclosure of information

        6. 51. Protection of personal information disclosed for purposes of proceedings

      3. Offences

        1. 52. Offences in connection with production of documents

        2. 53. Offences relating to disclosure or use of information

      4. Supplementary

        1. 54. Manner in which disclosure notice may be served

        2. 55. Interpretation

    4. Chapter 4

      Audit

      1. 56. Accounts and audit

  5. Part 5

    Appointments Commission

    1. The Appointments Commission

      1. 57. The Appointments Commission

    2. Delegation of appointment functions

      1. 58. Commission to exercise Secretary of State’s appointment functions

      2. 59. Cases where appointment functions exercisable jointly etc.

      3. 60. Commission to exercise Privy Council’s appointment functions

      4. 61. Commission to exercise Assembly’s appointment functions

      5. 62. Exercise of appointments functions

    3. Other functions

      1. 63. Commission to assist other bodies with appointments

      2. 64. Functions connected with appointments to bodies to which section 58 or 60 applies

      3. 65. Prescribed functions

    4. Functions: supplementary

      1. 66. Exercise of functions

    5. Reports etc.

      1. 67. Annual reports

      2. 68. Other reports and information

    6. Miscellaneous and supplementary

      1. 69. Transfer of staff and property etc.

      2. 70. Directions

      3. 71. Interpretation

  6. Part 6

    Miscellaneous

    1. Social care bursary

      1. 72. Exercise by Special Health Authority of social care training functions

    2. NHS costs recovery

      1. 73. NHS costs recovery

    3. Transfer of criminal liabilities

      1. 74. Transfer of criminal liabilities of certain NHS bodies

    4. Local Health Boards and Welsh health authorities

      1. 75. Amendments relating to Local Health Boards and abolition of Welsh health authorities

  7. Part 7

    Final provisions

    1. Offences

      1. 76. Offences by bodies corporate etc.

      2. 77. Offences committed by partnerships and other unincorporated associations

      3. 78. Penalties for offences: transitional modification for England and Wales

    2. General

      1. 79. Orders and regulations

      2. 80. Amendments, repeals and revocations

      3. 81. Expenses

      4. 82. Interpretation

      5. 83. Commencement

      6. 84. Short title and extent

    1. Schedule 1

      Fixed penalties

    2. Schedule 2

      Powers of entry, etc.

    3. Schedule 3

      New Schedule 12B to 1977 Act

    4. Schedule 4

      The Appointments Commission: supplementary

    5. Schedule 5

      The Appointments Commission: list of statutory bodies

    6. Schedule 6

      The Appointments Commission: list of regulatory bodies

    7. Schedule 7

      Transfer of staff and property etc. to Appointments Commission

    8. Schedule 8

      Minor and consequential amendments

    9. Schedule 9

      Repeals and revocations

An Act to make provision for the prohibition of smoking in certain premises, places and vehicles and for amending the minimum age of persons to whom tobacco may be sold; to make provision in relation to the prevention and control of health care associated infections; to make provision in relation to the management and use of controlled drugs; to make provision in relation to the supervision of certain dealings with medicinal products and the running of pharmacy premises, and about orders under the Medicines Act 1968 and orders amending that Act under the Health Act 1999; to make further provision about the National Health Service in England and Wales and about the recovery of National Health Service costs; to make provision for the establishment and functions of the Appointments Commission; to make further provision about the exercise of social care training functions; and for connected purposes.

[19th July 2006]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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