Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
21st June 2012
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2012
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14A(4), 14C(3), 14E(3), 14G(4), 14H(2), 14L(6), 14N and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1A to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1), and section 304(9) and (10) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012(2).
2006 c. 41. Sections 14A to 14O of the 2006 Act are inserted by section 25(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7); Schedule 1A is inserted by section 25(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, the powers in that Act exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. In footnotes below, the National Health Service Act 2006 is referred to as “the 2006 Act”, and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as “the 2012 Act”.
2012 c. 7.Schedule 6 to the 2012 Act relates only to England. See section 304(1) of that Act for the power to make regulations.