The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 91

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

18th January 2014

Laid before Parliament

23rd January 2014

Coming into force

17th February 2014

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3B(1) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

Before deciding to make regulations under section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006, the Secretary of State obtained appropriate advice and consulted the National Health Service Commissioning Board in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 17th February 2014.

Amendments in relation to services to be commissioned by the Board

2.—(1) The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 3 (services in respect of persons detained in specified accommodation), in Part 2, in table 2 (immigration removal centres), after the entry “Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre”, insert—

(a) in the first column (name of centre), “The Verne Immigration Removal Centre”; and

(b) in the second column (specified date), “From 17th February 2014”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Earl Howe

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

18th January 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made under section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41). They amend Schedule 3 to the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012 /2996) (“the Principal Regulations”).

The Board is under an obligation under regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations to make arrangements for the provision of certain services, as part of the health service, to persons detained at the immigration removal centres specified in table 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations. Regulation 2 amends that table to add The Verne Immigration Removal Centre to the list of such centres.

No impact assessment has been carried out.

(1)

2006, c.41. Section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), was inserted by section 15 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7). By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England only. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

S.I. 2012/2996, amended by S.I. 2013/261. There is one other amending instrument which is not relevant.