The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017 No. 958

PART 3 E+W Transfer of Staff and Property etc from the NHS Business Service Authority and provisions for continuity in relation to the work of NHS Protect and the Authority

Interpretation E+W

7.—(1) In this Part—

(a) “liabilities” do not include criminal liabilities (other than in paragraph (2));

(b) “NHS Protect” means the division within the BSA known as the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Division, and also known as NHS Protect, maintained by the BSA in accordance with directions of the Secretary of State given on 1st June 2016(1).

(2) This Part does not apply to transfer, or provide for continuity in relation to, criminal liabilities of the BSA or proceedings arising from such liabilities.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 7 in force at 1.11.2017, see art. 1(1)

(1)

The NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Directions 2016, a copy of which can be found at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2017-02/Section_2_-_B1_NHSBSA_Directions_2016.pdf, or may be obtained by writing to the Department of Health Correspondence Unit, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS.