Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)

PART 3 U.K. Regulation of health and adult social care services

CHAPTER 2 E+W Competition

78 Guidance E+W

(1) Monitor must publish guidance about—

(a) compliance with requirements imposed by regulations under section 75;

(b) how it intends to exercise powers conferred on it by regulations under that section.

(2) Before publishing guidance under subsection (1)(a) or (b), Monitor must consult—

(a) the National Health Service Commissioning Board, and

(b) such other persons as Monitor considers appropriate.

(3) Before publishing guidance under subsection (1)(a) or (b), Monitor must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State.

(4) Monitor may revise guidance under this section and, if it does so, must publish the guidance as revised.

(5) Before publishing guidance revised under subsection (4), Monitor must consult the persons mentioned in subsection (2).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 75-78 modified (temp.) (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/734), reg. 21(1)-(3) (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 78 in force at 1.2.2013 by S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4) (with art. 6)