reg 2 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service Act 1977; “the 1990 Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 ; and “specified health service functions” means the Secretary of State’s functions relating to the health service under the enactments specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 (the subject matter of the relevant functions being indicated in column (2) of that Schedule), including functions under any regulations made under any of those enactments. (2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or, as the case may be, the Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.