Commentary on Sections General Section 184: Minor and consequential amendments
427.This section introduces Schedule 11, which provides for minor and consequential amendments. Paragraph 23 inserts sections 45A and 45B into the 1977 Act. These sections cover the recognition of Local Medical Committees (“LMCs”) and Local Dental Committees (“LDCs”). Sections 45A(7) to (9) and 45B(7) to (9) allow the Secretary of State to make regulations that require PCTs/LHBs or Strategic Health Authorities to consult LMCs and LDCs and to prescribe other functions of these Committees. Sections 45A and 45B separate out the roles of these committees from the provisions in sections 44 and 45 of the 1977 Act and the new regulation making powers simply replace those in section 45(1) in respect of LMCs and LDCs.