Transitional provision in respect of the commencement of section 25 of the Act (clinical commissioning groups: establishment etc.)
5. Where an application has been made to the Board Authority before 1st October 2012 for establishment as a clinical commissioning group, that application must, from that date, be treated as an application to the Board under section 14B of the 2006 Act (applications for the establishment of clinical commissioning groups) if that application meets the requirements of that section.