1977 c.49 (“the 1977 Act”); see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by: the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48) (“the 1984 Act”), section 1(3); the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49) (“the 1988 Act”), section 13; S.I. 1985/39 , art. 7(11); the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17) , Schedule, paragraphs 1 and 27 and by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.17) (“the 2002 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 11. Section 78(1) was amended by the 1988 Act, section 25 and Schedule 3. Section 126(4) was amended by: the 1990 Act, section 65(2); the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6); and the 2001 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). Paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 was amended by: section 25(2) of and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53) ; section 24 and Schedule 8 of the 1984 Act; and the 1988 Act, sections 11(8) and 25 of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3. Paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1984 Act and amended by section 13 of the 1988 Act. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 29 and 126(4) of the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 ; section 68 of the 2001 Act provides that Schedule 1 shall be construed so as to include the amendments made by that Act to the 1977 Act; these Regulations therefore extend only to England.

S.I. 1997/818 ; amended by S.I. 1999/609 , 2000/5934 , 2001/414 , 3066 and 3323 , 2002/547 and 1306 , 2003/657 and 2381 , 2004/642 , 936 and 1138 and 2005/818 .