The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022

Transitional provision in relation to primary care services

22.—(1) During the period beginning with 1st July 2022 and ending when section 13 (exercise of functions relating to provision of services) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 (substitution of section 98A of the 2006 Act) to, the 2022 Act come into force, section 98A of the 2006 Act(1) (medical services - exercise of functions) is to be read as if—

(a) in subsection (4), for the words “a clinical commissioning group”, there were substituted “an integrated care board”;

(b) in subsection (5)—

(i) for the words “a clinical commissioning group”, there were substituted “an integrated care board”; and

(ii) for the words “the group”, there were substituted “the integrated care board”;

(c) in subsection (7)—

(i) for the words “clinical commissioning group”, there were substituted “integrated care board”; and

(ii) for the words “the group”, there were substituted “the integrated care board”;

(d) in subsection (8)—

(i) for the words “A clinical commissioning group”, there were substituted “An integrated care board”; and

(ii) for the word “group’s”, there were substituted “integrated care board’s”.

(2) During the period beginning with 1st July 2022 and ending when section 13 of, and paragraph 39 of Schedule 3 (substitution of section 125A of the 2006 Act) to, the 2022 Act come into force, section 125A of the 2006 Act(2) (ophthalmic services – exercise of functions) is to be read as if in subsections (4) and (5), for the words “a clinical commissioning group”, there were substituted “an integrated care board”.

(3) Any direction given to a clinical commissioning group under section 98A(4) or (5) of the 2006 Act prior to 1st July 2022, which is still in force immediately prior to 1st July 2022, is to continue to apply to a successor integrated care board as if the direction had been given to that successor integrated care board.

(4) Any direction given to a clinical commissioning group under section 125A(4) or (5) of the 2006 Act prior to 1st July 2022, which is still in force immediately prior to 1st July 2022, is to continue to apply to a successor integrated care board as if the direction had been given to that successor integrated care board.

(1)

Section 98A was inserted by section 49(1) of the 2012 Act.

(2)

Section 125A was inserted by section 49(3) of the 2012 Act.