The National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 1996
These Regulations make provision for the Secretary of State’s functions relating to the health service to be exercised by Health Authorities (regulation 3 and Schedule 1) and for certain restrictions on the Health Authorities' exercise of those functions (regulation 4). The Regulations also provide for the arrangements which may be made by Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities for their functions to be exercised jointly with other bodies, or on their behalf by their committees, sub-committees or officers, or by the committees, sub-committees or officers of other bodies (regulation 5).