2 Health Boards
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c 29) | Legislation

Administrative Bodies

2  Health Boards

(1)     The Secretary of State[;

(a)]     shall by order constitute in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 boards for such areas as he may by order determine, for the purpose of exercising [such of his functions [relating to the health service] as he may so determine,] and for the purpose of making arrangements on his behalf for the provision of the services mentioned in Part II; and those boards shall[, without prejudice to subsection (1B),] be called Health Boards [and

(b)     subject to subsections (1A) and (1C), may by order constitute boards, either for the whole of Scotland or for such parts of Scotland as he may so determine, for the purpose of exercising such of his functions [relating to the health service] as he may so determine; and those boards shall, without prejudice to subsection (1B), be called Special Health Boards].

[(1A)     An order made under subsection (1)(b) may determine an area for a Special Health Board constituted under that subsection which is the same as the areas determined—

(a)     for any other Special Health Board; or

(b)     for any Health Board or Health Boards constituted by an order or orders made under subsection

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