Part 2Health service bodies

F1CHAPTER A2Clinical commissioning groups

F2Powers to require information etc.

14Z17Circumstances in which powers in sections 14Z18 and 14Z19 apply

(1)

Sections 14Z18 and 14Z19 apply where the Board has reason to believe—

(a)

that the area of a clinical commissioning group is no longer appropriate, or

(b)

that a clinical commissioning group might have failed, might be failing or might fail to discharge any of its functions.

(2)

For the purposes of this section—

(a)

a failure to discharge a function includes a failure to discharge it properly, and

(b)

a failure to discharge a function properly includes a failure to discharge it consistently with what the Board considers to be the interests of the health service.