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70Co-operation between the Commission and [F1NHS England] E+W
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[F2(1)The Commission must co-operate with [F3NHS England] in the exercise of their respective functions.]
[F4(2)In particular the Commission must—
(a)give [F5NHS England] any information the Commission has about the provision of health care which the Commission or [F5NHS England] considers would assist [F5NHS England] in the exercise of [F6—
(i)its regulatory functions, within the meaning given by section 13SB(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006, or
(ii)its functions under section 27A of the National Health Service Act 2006 (NHS trusts: oversight and support)]
(b)make arrangements with [F7NHS England] to ensure that—
(i)a person applying to be both registered under Chapter 2 and for a licence under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 may do so by way of a single application form, and
(ii)such a person is granted a registration under Chapter 2 and a licence under that Act by way of a single document, and
(c)seek to secure that the conditions on a registration under Chapter 2 in a case within paragraph (b) are consistent with the conditions included in the person's licence under that Act.]
(3)Without prejudice to subsection (2)(a) the Commission must, on request, provide the [F8NHS England] with any material relevant to—
(a)a review under section 46 F9...,
(b)a review or investigation under section 48, or
(c)a study promoted, or undertaken, by the Commission under section 54,
so far as the material relates to the provision of health care by [F10a person who holds a licence under the Health and Social Care Act 2012]
[F11(4)In this section, a reference to a licence under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is a reference to a licence under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 70 heading substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F2S. 70(1) substituted (1.7.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 289(2), 306(4); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(3)
F3Words in s. 70(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(3); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F4S. 70(2) substituted (1.7.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 289(3), 306(4); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(3); S.I. 2014/39, art. 2(3)
F5Words in s. 70(2)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(4)(a)(i); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F6Words in S. 70(2)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(4)(a)(ii); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F7Words in s. 70(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(4)(b); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F8Words in s. 70(3) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 40(5); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F9Words in s. 70(3)(a) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 91(9)(c), 127(1); S.I. 2014/1714, art. 4
F10Words in s. 70(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 289(4)(b), 306(4); S.I. 2013/671, art. 2(3)
F11S. 70(4) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 289(5), 306(4); S.I. 2013/671, art. 2(3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 70 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 22
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