s 2 Provisions supplementary section
(1) The National Health Service Act 1946 shall have effect as if the foregoing section were included amongst the provisions thereof and the services provided under that section were provided under Part III of that Act, and the reference in section 20(1) of that Act (which requires local health authorities to submit to the Minister of Health proposals for carrying out their duties under sections 21 to 28 of that Act) to those sections shall be construed as including a reference to the foregoing section. (2) The reference in section 46(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1958 (schemes for exercise by county district councils of health and welfare functions of county councils) to Part III of the National Health Service Act 1946 shall be construed as including a reference to the foregoing section, and any reference in a scheme in force under the said section 46 at the passing of this Act to a county council’s functions under sections 21 to 26 of the said Act of 1946 shall be construed as including a reference to their functions under the foregoing section.