# National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006

The National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidates legislation relating to the National Health Service.

## Part 1
### Section 1 - Welsh Ministers' duty to promote health service

Sections 1(1) and (2) replace the corresponding provisions in section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977. Section 1(3) replaces section 1(2) of that Act.

### Section 5

This section gives effect to Schedule 1.

### Section 6A

This section was inserted by regulation 5 of the National Health Service (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Treatment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/915). Section 6A(1A) was inserted by regulation 10(1) of the National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2269).

### Section 6B

This section was inserted by regulation 5 of the National Health Service (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Treatment) Regulations 2010.

### Sections 6BA and 6BB

These sections were inserted by regulation 10(2) of the National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013.

### Section 7

Section 7(4)(a) was repealed by paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 7(4)(b) was repealed by paragraph 13(b) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Sections 7(4)(ba) and (bb) were inserted paragraph 13(c) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 7(4)(fa) was inserted paragraph 13(d) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 7(4)(j) was repealed by paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, and paragraph 13(e) of Schedule 21 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 7(4)(k) was inserted by paragraph 87 of Schedule 5 to Health and Social Care Act 2008. Section 7(4)(ka) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 17 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 7(4)(kb) was inserted by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 19 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Sections 7(4)(na) and (nb) were inserted paragraph 13(f) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

### Section 8A

This section was inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

### Section 10

Section 10(4)(b) was repealed by paragraph 15 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Part 2
### Chapter 1
#### Section 11

Section 11(6) gives effect to Schedule 2.

#### Section 13

Section 13(3)(a) was repealed by paragraph 16(a) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Sections 13(3)(aa) and (ab) were inserted by paragraph 16(b) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

### Chapter 2
#### Section 18

Section 18(4) gives effect to Schedule 3.

#### Section 21

This section gives effect to Schedule 4.

### Chapter 3
#### Section 22

Section 22(6) was repealed by paragraph 18 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 22(8) gives effect to Schedule 5.

### Chapter 4
#### Sections 25A to 25E

These sections were inserted by section 1(1) of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016.

#### Section 30

Section 30(2)(d) was repealed by paragraph 88(b) of Schedule 5 to, and Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Section 30(2)(e) was repealed by paragraph 22(b) of Schedule 7 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Sections 30(2)(f) and (g) were inserted by section 1(3)(c) of the National Health Service (Indemnities) (Wales) Act 2020. Sections 30(8) to (11) were inserted by section 1(8) of the National Health Service (Indemnities) (Wales) Act 2020.

## Part 3
### Section 32

Section 32(4) was inserted by regulation 245 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/413) (W 131).

### Section 35

Section 35(11A) was inserted by regulation 246(b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016.

### Section 36

Sections 36(3)(a) and (b) were repealed by paragraph 23 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

### Section 40

This section was repealed by paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

## Part 4
### Section 41

Section 41(4) was repealed by paragraph 26 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Part 5
### Section 56

Section 56(4) was repealed by paragraph 28 of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Part 7
### Chapter 1
#### Section 80

Section 80(4A) was inserted by section 220(8) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 80(4A) was substituted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 5 to the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

#### Section 82A

This section was inserted by section 111(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017.

#### Section 83

Sections 83(2A) to (2C) were inserted by section 112(3) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Section 83(3A) was inserted by section 112(4) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Section 83(4)(a) was repealed by section 112(5)(b) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Section 83(4A) was inserted by section 112(6) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Sections 83(6)(za), (fa) and (n) were inserted by section 112(7) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Section 83(6A) was inserted by section 112(8) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Section 83(10A) was inserted by section 112(9) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017.

#### Section 84

Section 84(4) was inserted by section 112(11) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017.

#### Section 86

Section 86(8)(b) was substituted by paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010 (SI 2010/231). Section 86(9) was repealed by paragraph 11(3)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (SI 2007/289).

#### Section 88

Section 88(5)(b) was repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 15 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

### Chapter 2
#### Section 93

This section gives effect to Schedule 6.

### Chapter 3

This Chapter consists of section 102, which gives effect to Schedule 7.

## Part 8
### Chapter 1
#### Section 106

Section 106(2)(e) was repealed by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 106(2)(f) was inserted by paragraph 30(b) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

### Chapter 1A

This Chapter consists of section 106A. This Chapter is inserted by section 31(1) of the Health Act 2009.

### Chapter 2
#### Section 115

Section 115(1)(e) was repealed by paragraph 31(2)(a) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Section 115(1)(f) was inserted by paragraph 31(2)(b) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Part 9
### Section 131

Section 131(a) was substituted by regulation 6 of the National Health Service (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Treatment) Regulations 2010.

## Part 11
### Chapter 6
#### Section 175

Section 175(1) and (2) were substituted by sections 2(2) and (3) of the National Health Service Finance (Wales) Act 2014. Sections 175(2A), (6A) and (8) were inserted by sections 2(4) to (6) of the National Health Service Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

#### Section 176

This section was repealed by section 2(7) of the National Health Service Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

#### Section 177

This section gives effect to Schedule 8.

#### Section 178

This section gives effect to Schedule 9.

## Part 13
### Section 192

Section 192(1) was repealed by regulation 248(a) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016. Section 192(4)(b) was repealed by regulation 248(b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016.

### Section 194

Section 194(1)(a) was substituted by regulation 249(a) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016. Section 194(1)(aa) was inserted by regulation 249(b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016.

## Schedule 8

Paragraphs 1(2)(b) and (c) were repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 15 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Paragraph 2(2) was inserted by section 2(9) of the National Health Service Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

## Schedule 10

Paragraphs 3(b) and (c) were repealed by paragraph 42(3) of Schedule 21 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

## Schedule 15

This Schedule was repealed by regulation 250 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016.