2017 No. 445
National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 20061.
In accordance with section 13A(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has published and laid before Parliament the mandate2.

Citation, commencement and expiry1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 10th April 2017.

(2)

These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of 31st March 2018.

Mandate requirements2.

The requirements set out in paragraph 1.6 of the mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board3 and paragraph 6.2 of the Annex in that mandate, published by the Secretary of State on 20th March 2017 and laid before Parliament on that date4 have effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

David Mowat
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations gives effect to the requirements set out in the Secretary of State’s mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board for the financial year from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. The mandate was published and laid before Parliament on 20 March 2017.

The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2017-to-2018. A hard copy can be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.

No impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations as they have no impact on the private sector and civil society organisations, and no significant effect on the public sector.