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(1)Regulations may revoke exemption regulations by which an exemption was granted to a person, or amend such regulations by which more than one exemption was so granted so as to withdraw any of the exemptions—
(a)at the person's request,
(b)in accordance with any provision of the exemption regulations by which the exemption was granted, or
(c)if the Secretary of State considers it to be inappropriate for the exemption to continue to have effect.
(2)Regulations may revoke exemption regulations by which an exemption was granted to persons of a prescribed description, or amend such regulations by which more than one exemption was so granted so as to withdraw any of the exemptions—
(a)in accordance with any provision of the exemption regulations by which the exemption was granted, or
(b)if the Secretary of State considers it to be inappropriate for the exemption to continue to have effect.
(3)The Secretary of State may by direction withdraw an exemption granted to persons of a description prescribed in exemption regulations for any person of that description—
(a)at the person's request,
(b)in accordance with any provision of the exemption regulations by which the exemption was granted, or
(c)if the Secretary of State considers it to be inappropriate for the exemption to continue to have effect in the case of the person.
(4)Subsection (5) applies where the Secretary of State proposes to—
(a)make regulations under subsection (1)(b) or (c) or (2), or
(b)give a direction under subsection (3)(b) or (c).
(5)The Secretary of State must—
(a)consult the following about the proposal—
F1(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii)[F2NHS England];
(iii)the Care Quality Commission and its Healthwatch England committee;
(b)where the Secretary of State is proposing to make regulations under subsection (1)(b) or (c), give notice of the proposal to the person to whom the exemption was granted;
(c)where the Secretary of State is proposing to make regulations under subsection (2), publish the notice;
(d)where the Secretary of State is proposing to give a direction under subsection (3)(b) or (c), give notice of the proposal to the person from whom the Secretary of State proposes to withdraw the exemption.
(6)The notice must—
(a)state that the Secretary of State proposes to make the regulations or give the direction (as the case may be),
(b)set out the Secretary of State's reasons for the proposal, and
(c)specify the period within which representations with respect to the proposal may be made.
(7)The period so specified must be not less than 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice is received or (as the case may be) published.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 84(5)(a)(i) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 48; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F2Words in s. 84 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)
Commencement Information
I1S. 84 partly in force; s. 84 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 306(1)(d)
I2S. 84 in force at 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/39, art. 2(3)
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