Health and Social Care Act 2012, Section 140 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Before the beginning of each financial year, the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, specify by order—
(a)the maximum amount that [F1NHS England] may raise from levies it imposes under section 139 for that year, and
(b)the maximum amount that it may raise from charges it imposes by virtue of section 138 for that year.
(2)Where the Secretary of State makes an order under this section, [F2NHS England] must secure that the levies and charges for that year are at a level that [F2NHS England] estimates will, in each case, raise an amount not exceeding the amount specified for that case in the order.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 140(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 84; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F2Words in s. 140(2) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 84; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
Commencement Information
I1S. 140 partly in force; s. 140 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 306(1)(d)
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
