Article 2
1. In the first column of the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999(1), for “National Care Standards Commission” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection or the Commission for Social Care Inspection”(2).
2. In Schedule 1 to the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc) (Modification) Order 1999(3) (employment to which this order applies: employers immediately before the relevant event), in section 10 (miscellaneous bodies) after paragraph 17A insert—
The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection.”.
3.—(1) In regulation 1(2) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000(4) (citation, commencement and interpretation), after paragraph (f) of the definition of “health service body” insert—
“(g)the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection established by section 41 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.”.
(2) In regulation 5(1)(d) (disqualification for appointment: chairman and non-officer members), at the beginning, insert “subject to sub-paragraph (dza),”.
(3) After regulation 5(1)(d), insert—
“(dza)he is a person whose tenure of office as the chairman or as a member of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection has been terminated because the Secretary of State was satisfied that one of the conditions specified in paragraph 3(6)(a) or (b) of Schedule 6 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 was satisfied in relation to him;”
4. In regulation 2(1) of the Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001(5) (interpretation) there is inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position—
““Commission” means the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection;”.
5. In regulation 2(1) of the National Care Standards Commission (Registration) Regulations 2001(6) (interpretation) there is inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position—
““Commission” means the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection or the Commission for Social Care Inspection;”.
6. In Schedule 1 to the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001(7) the words “The Commission for Health Improvement.” are omitted.
7.—(1) The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Care Standards Tribunal Regulations 2002(8) are amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “appropriate authority”, for “Commission” substitute “Commission for Social Care Inspection”;
(b)in the definition of “the Commission”, for “National Care Standards Commission” substitute “Commission for Social Care Inspection or the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”(9); and
(c)in the definition of “registration authority”, for “Commission” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection or the Commission for Social Care Inspection”.
8. In regulation 5(4) of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2002(10) (disqualification for appointment) after sub-paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection;
(i)the Commission for Social Care Inspection.”.
S.I.1999/1549, as amended by S.I. 2003/1993 and S.I. 2002/1555.
See section 5 of the 2000 Act for the definition of registration authority. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 9 to the Act.
S.I.1999/2277, as amended by S.I. 2000/1042, S.I. 2001/866, S.I. 2002/532 and S.I. 2002/1397
S.I.2000/89, as amended by S.I. 2001/2631, S.I.2001/3787, S.I. 2002/38, S.I. 2002/557, S.I. 2002/880, S.I. 2002/881, S.I. 2002/2375, S.I. 2002/2469, S.I. 2002/2861, S.I. 2003/1616 and S.I. 2004/18
S.I.2001/3968, as amended by S.I. 2002/865.
S.I.2001/3969, as amended by S.I.2002/865, S.I. 2002/2469, S.I. 2003/369, S.I. 2003/1845 and S.I. 2003/2323.
The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection was established by section 41 of the Act. The functions of the National Care Standards Commission under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 are transferred either to the Commission for Social Care Inspection or to the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection in accordance with section 102 of the Act.