The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012

58.—(1) The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, in paragraph (1)—

(a) omit the definition of “CCG”;

(b) at the appropriate places insert—

““clinical commissioning group” means a body corporate which, immediately before 1st July 2022, was established in accordance with Chapter A2 of Part 2 of the 2006 Act(2);”;

““integrated care board” means an integrated care board established in accordance with Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the 2006 Act;”.

(3) In regulation 20, in paragraph (1), in the definition of “National Framework” for “1st March 2018” substitute “30th May 2022”(3).

(4) In Schedule 5, in paragraph 5—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) a clinical commissioning group;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in the case of a clinical commissioning group, the chair or a member of the governing body of that clinical commissioning group;”;

(ii) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) in the case of an integrated care board, a member of that integrated care board; or”.

(1)

S.I. 2012/2996, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/218, 2013/2891, 2014/3215, 2015/643.

(2)

2006 c. 41.

(3)

A copy of the National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care (published on 28th November 2012 and last updated on 30th May 2022) may be obtained by writing to Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU, United Kingdom or be seen at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care.