National Health Service Act 2006

Provision of vehicles for disabled persons E+W

9 [F1 (1)] [F2 A clinical commissioning group may make arrangements for the provision of] vehicles (including wheelchairs) for [F3 persons for whom the group has responsibility and who appear to it to have a physical impairment] which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. E+W

[F4 (2) Subsections (1A), (1B) and (1D) of section 3 apply for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as they apply for the purposes of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 9(1): Sch. 1 para. 9 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 9(1) (1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(10)(a), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1) substituted (1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(10)(b)(i), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1) substituted (1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(10)(b)(ii), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F4 Sch. 1 para. 9(2) inserted (1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(10)(c), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

10 (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in respect of— E+W

(a) a vehicle provided [F5 in pursuance of arrangements made] under paragraph 9, and

(b) a vehicle belonging to a person mentioned in that paragraph.

(2) [F6 The clinical commissioning group may make arrangements for] —

(a) [F7 the adaptation of] the vehicle to make it suitable for the circumstances of the person in question,

(b) [F8 the maintenance and repair of] the vehicle,

(c) [F9 the taking out of] insurance policies relating to the vehicle and [F10 the payment of] any duty with which the vehicle is chargeable under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22),

(d) [F11 the provision of] a structure in which the vehicle may be kept, and [F11 the provision of] all material and [F12 the execution of] all works necessary to erect the structure.

(3) [F13 A clinical commissioning group] may make payments by way of grant towards costs incurred by a person mentioned in paragraph 9 in respect of any matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the vehicle.

(4) The matters are—

(a) the taking of action referred to in sub-paragraph (2),

(b) the purchase of fuel for the purposes of the vehicle, so far as the cost of the purchase is attributable to duties of excise payable in respect of the fuel, and

(c) the taking of instruction in the driving of the vehicle.

(5) The powers under sub-paragraph (2) and sub-paragraph (3) may be exercised on such terms and subject to such conditions as [F14 the clinical commissioning group] may determine.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(a), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F6 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(i), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F7 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(ii), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F8 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(iii), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(iv), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F10 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(v), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F11 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(vi), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F12 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(b)(vii), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F13 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(c), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F14 Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(5) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 17(11)(d), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

11 E+W Regulations may provide for any incidental or supplementary matter for which it appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient to provide in connection with—

(a) the taking of action under paragraph 10(2), or

(b) the making of any payment under paragraph 10(3).