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National Health Service Act 2006
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 215:
- s. 215(3)(b) words omitted by 2016 c. 10 Sch. 1 para. 4(b)(ii)
- s. 215(4) words omitted by 2016 c. 10 Sch. 1 para. 4(c)(i)
- s. 215(4) words omitted by 2016 c. 10 Sch. 1 para. 4(c)(ii)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 3B(1)(aa) inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 2(b)
- s. 3B(1)(za) inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 2(a)
- s. 13G(4) words omitted by virtue of 2012 c. 7, Sch. 14 para. 4A (as inserted) by 2014 c. 23 s. 120(18)(a)
- s. 35(3A)(3B) inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 159(4)
- s. 35(3A) words substituted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 5 para. 12(4) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. The insertion of s. 35(3A) by 2012 c. 7 s.159(4) not yet in force.)
- s. 40(4)-(4B) substituted for s. 40(4) by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 5
- s. 42(1A) inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 6
- s. 65F(2A)-(2F) inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 15(4) (This amendment is itself amended before it comes into force by 2014 c. 23, ss. 85(15), 120(18)(b)(c), 127(1); S.I. 2014/1714, art. 3(2)(b)(c))
- s. 65H(10A) inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 17(4)
- s. 65H(10A) omitted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 8 para. 7(7) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 revoked at 1.7.2022 by 2022 c. 31, s. 186(6), Sch. 7 para. 13 before the insertion of s. 65H(10A) could come into effect.)
- s. 82A-83A and cross-heading substituted for s. 83 and cross-heading by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 3
- s. 84(4)-(4B) substituted for s. 84(4) by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 4(4)
- s. 92(5A) inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 9(4)
- s. 94(3)(ca)(cb) substituted for s. 94(3)(ca) by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 11(3)
- s. 98A 98B substituted for s. 98A by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 14
- s. 98BC-99B and cross-heading substituted for s. 99 and cross-heading by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 15
- s. 100(3A)(3B) inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 16(4)
- s. 109(3)(ca)(cb) substituted for s. 109(3)(ca) by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 23(3)
- s. 112(1)(za) inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 24(2)(b)
- s. 114A 114B substituted for s. 114A by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 26
- s. 114C and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 27
- s. 116A 116B and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 30
- s. 117(4)(4A) substituted for s. 117(4) by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 31(4)
- s. 125A 125B substituted for s. 125A by 2022 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 39
- s. 223C(1)(c)(d) inserted by 2022 c. 31 s. 28
- s. 223LA inserted by 2022 c. 31 s. 30(3)
- Sch. 15 para. 4(1)(b) and word omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 39(3)
215Trustees and property under section 222E+W
F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Subsection (4) applies where property is given in pursuance of section 222—
F2(za). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(zb). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)on trust for any purposes of an NHS trust for which trustees have been appointed under F5... paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42), F6...
F6(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Where this subsection applies and the trustees and [F7[F8NHS England], clinical commissioning group,] F9... NHS trust or NHS foundation trust agree, the property may be held, administered and applied by the trustees instead of by [F10[F8NHS England], clinical commissioning group,] F9... NHS trust or NHS foundation trust.
(5)Property given in pursuance of section 222 on trust may be transferred by order of the Secretary of State under section 213 or 214 in the same circumstances as other trust property may be transferred under either of those sections.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 215(1)(2) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(a); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)
F2S. 215(3)(za) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)(i); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)
F3S. 215(3)(zb) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)(i); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)
F4S. 215(3)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 111(3)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F5Words in s. 215(3)(b) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F6S. 215(3)(c) and word omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)(i); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)
F7Words in s. 215(4) inserted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 111(4)(a); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)
F8Words in Act substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F9Words in s. 215(4) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 111(4)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F10Words in s. 215(4) inserted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 111(4)(c); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)
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