Part 2Health service bodies
F6CHAPTER A1F7NHS England
Words 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)
Secretary of State's mandate to F7NHS England
13AMandate to F5NHS England
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F8... The Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament a document to be known as “the mandate”.
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The Secretary of State must specify in the mandate—
a
b
any requirements that the Secretary of State considers it necessary to impose on F7NHS England for the purpose of ensuring that it achieves those objectives.
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The Secretary of State may revise the mandate.
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If the Secretary of State revises the mandate, the Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament the mandate as revised.
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F7NHS England must—
a
seek to achieve the objectives specified in the mandate, and
b
comply with any requirements so specified.
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Before specifying any objectives or requirements in the mandate, the Secretary of State must consult—
a
F7NHS England,
b
the Healthwatch England committee of the Care Quality Commission, and
c
such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
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Requirements included in the mandate have effect only if regulations so provide.
Pt. 2 Ch. A1 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 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. 23(1), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)