The National Health Service (Property Expenses Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendment of regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations

2.  In Regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the Principal Regulations, in paragraph (2)—

(a) after the definition of the Act insert—

““the 2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2012;”(1);

(b) for the definition of “relevant function”, substitute—

““relevant function” means—

(a)

arranging for the provision of, or providing services for the purposes of, or exercising functions in relation to, the health service;

(b)

exercising powers under, or by virtue of, section 7 of the Health and Medicines Act 1988(2);

(c)

exercising powers under section 13W, 14Z5, 43(3) or 44 of, or paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service 2006 Act(3);

(d)

exercising powers under section 243 or 270 of the 2012 Act;

(e)

exercising powers by virtue of section 240(1)(a) or (b) of the 2012 Act;”.

(1)

2012 c.7.

(2)

1988 c.49. Relevant amendments to section 7 were made by section 66(1) of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 9 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 5 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15), section 2 of, and paragraphs 115 and 116 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43), section 55(2) of, and paragraph 45 of Schedule 5 to, the 2012 Act, and article 2(1) of, and paragraph 99 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2009/1941.

(3)

Sections 13W and 14Z5 of the National Health Service Act 2006 were inserted by sections 23(1) and 26 (respectively) of the 2012 Act. Section 43(3) was amended by section 164 of the 2012 Act and relevant amendments to section 44 were made by section 165(1) and (2) of the 2012 Act.