Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

15 Private health care E+W

(1) An authorisation may restrict the provision, for purposes other than those of the health service in England, of goods and services by an NHS foundation trust.

(2) The power is to be exercised, in particular, with a view to securing that the proportion of the total income of an NHS foundation trust which was an NHS trust in any financial year derived from private charges is not greater than the proportion of the total income of the NHS trust derived from such charges in the base financial year.

(3) The base financial year means the first financial year throughout which the body corporate was an NHS trust or, if it was an NHS trust throughout the financial year ending with 31st March 2003, that year.

(4) Private charges means charges imposed in respect of goods and services provided to patients other than patients being provided with goods and services for the purposes of the health service.

(5) Section 14(8) applies for the purposes of this section.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 15(3) modified (temp.) (E.) (20.10.2005) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Commencement (No.8) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2925), art. 3(1)(2)

C2 S. 15(5) modified (temp.) (E.) (20.10.2005) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Commencement (No.8) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2925), art. 3(1)(3)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 15 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/759, art. 2