The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015

Article 2(j)

SCHEDULE

First Column	Second Column
Persons and descriptions of persons	Description of matters
Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland(1)	Breaches by a councillor or a member of a devolved public body (as defined in section 28 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000(2)) of the code of conduct applicable to that councillor or member under that Act.
Health Education England(3)	Matters relating to— (a) Health Education England’s functions under sections 97(1) and 98(1) of the Care Act 2014 (which relate to planning and delivering education and training for health care workers(4) and to ensuring sufficient skilled and trained health care workers are available for the health service throughout England); (b) the functions exercised by Local Education and Training Boards(5), including any functions of Health Education England exercised by Local Education and Training Boards on its behalf(6); or (c) any activities not covered by (a) or (b) in relation to which Health Education England exercises its functions.
National Health Service Commissioning Board(7)	Matters relating to the provision of services pursuant to a contract, agreement or arrangement under Part 4 (which relates to primary medical services), Part 5 (which relates to primary dental services), Part 6 (which relates to primary ophthalmic services) or Part 7 (pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services) of the National Health Service Act 2006(8).
NHS Business Services Authority(9)	Matters relating to— (a) fraud, corruption or other unlawful activity in relation to the health service in England; or (b) security management in the health service in England; in relation to which the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Division(10) (also known as “NHS Protect”) exercises the functions of the NHS Business Services Authority.
Secretary of State for Health	Matters relating to— (a) protecting the public in England from disease or other dangers to health under section 2A(11) of the National Health Service Act 2006; (b) improving the health of the people of England under section 2B(12) of the National Health Service Act 2006; or (c) any other public health functions exercised by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health in relation to the people of England and not covered by (a) or (b), including those exercised by Public Health England(13).
The Single Source Regulations Office(14)	Matters relating to single source defence procurement, including the application of and compliance with Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014(15)and the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014(16).

(1)

The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland was established by section 1 of the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11). Section 1 of that Act was substituted by Article 3 of the Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/197).

(2)

2000 asp. 7.

(3)

Health Education England was established by section 96 of the Care Act 2014 (c.23), which also abolished the former Special Health Authority called Health Education England.

(4)

“Health care workers” has the meaning given by section 97(9) of the Care Act 2014.

(5)

A Local Education and Training Board is a committee of Health Education England, appointed for an area in England under section 103(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to, the Care Act 2014.

(6)

Section 103(2) of the Care Act 2014 provides that the main function of a Local Education and Training Board is to exercise on Health Education England’s behalf its functions under sections 97(1) and 98(1) of that Act, so far as they are exercisable in or in relation to the area for which the Local Education and Training Board is appointed.

(7)

The National Health Service Commissioning Board was established by section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41), and is also known as “NHS England”.

(8)

2006 c. 41.

(9)

The NHS Business Services Authority is a Special Health Authority established by article 2 of the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order (S.I. 2005/2414).

(10)

The NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Directions 2013 direct the NHS Business Services Authority to maintain a division called the “Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Division” to discharge its functions in relation to counter fraud and security management (as defined in paragraph 1 of those Directions). Paragraph 12 and Schedule 1 of the Directions specify these functions.

(11)

Section 2A was inserted into the National Health Service Act 2006 and amended by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Part 1, section 11 and amended by the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32) Schedule 12, paragraph 91.

(12)

Section 2B was inserted into the National Health Service Act 2006.

(13)

Public Health England is an executive agency of the Department of Health. It exercises certain of the Secretary of State’s public health functions, which include those specified in sections 2A and 2B of, and in paragraphs 7C, 8 and 12 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41).

(14)

The Single Source Regulations Office was established by section 13 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20).

(15)

2014 c.20.

(16)

S.I. 2014/3337.