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Section 1H(4)
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 9(2), 306(4), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 6 para. 2); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 3(3)); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F2Words in Act 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)
1(1)[F2NHS England] is not to be regarded as a servant or agent of the Crown, or as enjoying any status, privilege or immunity of the Crown.
(2)[F2NHS England’s] property is not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.
2(1)[F2NHS England] is to consist of—
(a)a chair appointed by the Secretary of State,
(b)at least five other members so appointed, and
(c)the chief executive and other members appointed in accordance with paragraph 3.
(2)In this Schedule—
(a)references to non-executive members of [F2NHS England] are references to the members appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b), and
(b)references to executive members of [F2NHS England] are references to the other members.
(3)The number of executive members must be less than the number of non-executive members.
3(1)The chief executive and the other executive members of [F2NHS England] are to be appointed by the non-executive members.
(2)A person may not be appointed as chief executive without the consent of the Secretary of State.
(3)The chief executive and the other executive members are to be employees of [F2NHS England].
(4)The first chief executive of [F2NHS England] is to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
4(1)A person holds and vacates office as a non-executive member of [F2NHS England] in accordance with that person’s terms of appointment.
(2)A person may at any time resign from office as a non-executive member by giving notice to the Secretary of State.
(3)The Secretary of State may at any time remove a person from office as a non-executive member on any of the following grounds—
(a)incapacity,
(b)misbehaviour, or
(c)failure to carry out his or her duties as a non-executive member.
(4)The Secretary of State may suspend a person from office as a non-executive member if it appears to the Secretary of State that there are or may be grounds to remove that person from office under sub-paragraph (3).
(5)A person may not be appointed as a non-executive member for a period of more than four years.
(6)A person who ceases to be a non-executive member is eligible for re-appointment.
5(1)This paragraph applies where a person is suspended under paragraph 4(4).
(2)The Secretary of State must give notice of the decision to the person; and the suspension takes effect on receipt by the person of the notice.
(3)The notice may be—
(a)delivered in person (in which case the person is taken to receive it when it is delivered), or
(b)sent by first class post to the person’s last known address (in which case, the person is taken to receive it on the third day after the day on which it is posted).
(4)The initial period of suspension must not exceed six months.
(5)The Secretary of State may at any time review the suspension.
(6)The Secretary of State—
(a)must review the suspension if requested in writing by the person to do so, but
(b)need not review the suspension less than three months after the beginning of the initial period of suspension.
(7)Following a review during a period of suspension, the Secretary of State may—
(a)revoke the suspension, or
(b)suspend the person for another period of not more than six months from the expiry of the current period.
(8)The Secretary of State must revoke the suspension if the Secretary of State —
(a)decides that there are no grounds to remove the person from office under paragraph 4(3), or
(b)decides that there are grounds to do so but does not remove the person from office under that provision.
6(1)Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 4(4), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair’s functions.
(2)Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—
(a)the period ending with either—
(i)the appointment of a new chair, or
(ii)the revocation or expiry of the existing chair’s suspension, and
(b)the remainder of the interim chair’s term as a non-executive member.
(3)A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for re-appointment.
7(1)[F2NHS England] must pay to its non-executive members such remuneration as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2)[F2NHS England] must pay or make provision for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine to or in respect of any person who is or has been a non-executive member of [F2NHS England].
(3)If a person ceases to be a non-executive member and the Secretary of State decides that there are exceptional circumstances which mean that the person should be compensated, [F2NHS England] must pay compensation to the person of such amount as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
8[F2NHS England] may appoint such persons to be employees of [F2NHS England] as it considers appropriate.
9(1)Employees of [F2NHS England] are to be paid such remuneration and allowances as [F2NHS England] may determine.
(2)Employees of [F2NHS England] are to be appointed on such other terms and conditions as [F2NHS England] may determine.
(3)[F2NHS England] may pay or make provision for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as it may determine to or in respect of any person who is or has been an employee of [F2NHS England].
(4)Before making a determination as to remuneration, pensions, allowances or gratuities for the purposes of this paragraph, [F2NHS England] must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State to its policy on the matter.
[F39A(1)NHS England may make arrangements for a person to be seconded to NHS England to serve as a member of NHS England’s staff.
(2)A period of secondment to NHS England does not affect the continuity of a person’s employment with the employer from whose service the person is seconded.
(3)In paragraphs 9, 10, and 13 a reference to an employee of NHS England includes a person seconded to NHS England.
(4)In paragraph 3(3) the reference to an employee of NHS England includes any of the following seconded to NHS England—
(a)a person employed in the civil service of the State, or
(b)a person employed by—
(i)an integrated care board,
(ii)an NHS trust established under section 25,
(iii)an NHS foundation trust,
(iv)a Special Health Authority performing functions only or mainly in respect of England,
(v)the Care Quality Commission,
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(vii)the Health Services Safety Investigations Body,
(viii)the Human Tissue Authority,
(ix)the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, or
(x)NICE.
(5)The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this paragraph so as to provide that other references in this Act to an employee of NHS England include persons, or persons of a prescribed description, seconded to NHS England.]
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. A1 para. 9A inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 17(3), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
10(1)[F2NHS England] may appoint such committees and sub-committees as it considers appropriate.
(2)A committee or sub-committee may consist of or include persons who are not members or employees of [F2NHS England].
(3)[F2NHS England] may pay such remuneration and allowances as it determines to any person who—
(a)is a member of a committee or a sub-committee, but
(b)is not an employee of [F2NHS England],
whether or not that person is a non-executive member of [F2NHS England].
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Textual Amendments
F5Sch. A1 para. 11 omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), ss. 1(1)(c), 5(1); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(a)
12(1)[F2NHS England] may regulate its own procedure.
(2)The validity of any act of [F2NHS England] is not affected by any vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of any member.
13[F2NHS England] may arrange for the exercise of any of its functions on its behalf by—
(a)any non-executive member,
(b)any employee (including any executive member), or
(c)a committee or sub-committee.
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. A1 para. 14 and cross-heading omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 45(4), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
15(1)[F2NHS England] must keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts.
(2)The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, give directions to [F2NHS England] as to—
(a)the content and form of its accounts, and
(b)the methods and principles to be applied in the preparation of its accounts.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2) the reference to accounts includes a reference to [F2NHS England’s] consolidated annual accounts prepared under paragraph 16 and any interim accounts prepared by virtue of paragraph 17.
(4)The chief executive of [F2NHS England] is to be its accounting officer.
16(1)[F2NHS England] must prepare consolidated annual accounts in respect of each financial year.
(2)The consolidated annual accounts must contain—
(a)[F2NHS England’s] annual accounts, and
(b)a consolidation of [F2NHS England’s] annual accounts and the annual accounts of each [F7integrated care board].
(3)[F2NHS England] must send copies of the consolidated annual accounts to—
(a)the Secretary of State, and
(b)the Comptroller and Auditor General,
within such period after the end of the financial year to which the accounts relate as the Secretary of State may direct.
(4)The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
(a)examine, certify and report on the consolidated annual accounts, and
(b)lay copies of the accounts and the report on them before Parliament.
(5)In this paragraph, “financial year” includes the period which begins with the day on which [F2NHS England] is established and ends on the following 31 March.
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. A1 para. 16(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 134(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 26, 29, 30)
17(1)The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct [F2NHS England] to prepare accounts in respect of such period or periods as may be specified in the direction (“interim accounts”).
(2)The interim accounts in respect of any period must contain—
(a)[F2NHS England’s] accounts in respect of that period, and
(b)a consolidation of [F2NHS England’s] accounts in respect of that period and any accounts of [F8integrated care boards] in respect of that period which are prepared by virtue of [F9paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 1B].
(3)[F2NHS England] must send copies of any interim accounts to—
(a)the Secretary of State, and
(b)if the Secretary of State so directs, the Comptroller and Auditor General,
within such period as the Secretary of State may direct.
(4)The Comptroller and Auditor General must—
(a)examine, certify and report on any interim accounts sent by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b),
(b)if the Secretary of State so directs, send a copy of the report on the accounts to the Secretary of State, and
(c)if the Secretary of State so directs, lay copies of the accounts and the report on them before Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. A1 para. 17(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 134(3)(a); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 27, 29, 30)
F9Words in Sch. A1 para. 17(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 134(3)(b); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 27, 29, 30)
18(1)The application of [F2NHS England’s] seal must be authenticated by the signature of any member of [F2NHS England] or any other person who has been authorised (generally or specially) for that purpose.
(2)A document purporting to be duly executed under [F2NHS England’s] seal or to be signed on its behalf must be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, taken to be so executed or signed.]
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