The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2012

Transitory modifications in respect of the commencement of paragraph 138(2)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Act

13.—(1) Until the commencement of section 33 of the Act (abolition of Strategic Health Authorities) the definition of “NHS body” in section 275(1) of the 2006 Act (interpretation) is to be read as if it included a reference to a Strategic Health Authority.

(2) Until the commencement of section 34 of the Act (abolition of Primary Care Trusts) the definition of “NHS body” in section 275(1) of the 2006 Act is to be read as if it included a reference to a Primary Care Trust.

(3) Until section 9(1) of the Act (the NHS Commissioning Board) comes fully into force, a reference to “NHS body” or “NHS bodies” in the provisions of the 2006 Act specified in paragraph (5) is to be read as if it does not include a reference to the Board.

(4) Until section 10 of the Act (clinical commissioning groups) comes fully into force, a reference to “NHS body” or “NHS bodies” in the provisions of the 2006 Act specified in paragraph (5) is to be read as if it does not include a reference to a clinical commissioning group.

(5) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) are—

(a) section 66;

(b) section 68;

(c) section 244;

(d) section 249;

(e) section 256;

(f) section 258; and

(g) paragraph 29 of Schedule 4.