SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Part 1: amendments of other enactments

Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 (c. 39)

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In section 1 of the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 (obstructing emergency workers)—

a

in subsection (5), in paragraph (a)—

i

after “Wales,” insert “the Secretary of State in the exercise of public health functions, a local authority in the exercise of public health functions, the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group,”, and

ii

omit “, Primary Care Trust”, and

b

after that subsection insert—

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In subsection (5)(a) above “public health functions”—

a

in relation to the Secretary of State, has the same meaning as in section 1H(5)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006;

b

in relation to a local authority, has the same meaning as in section 1H(5)(b) of that Act.