PART 1Introductory

Citation, commencement and applicationI11

1

This Order may be cited as the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st November 2017.

2

This Order applies in relation to England only.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

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

InterpretationI22

In this Order—

  • F1...

  • “the Authority” means the NHS Counter Fraud Authority established pursuant to article 3;

  • “the BSA” means the NHS Business Services Authority2;

  • “changes in the workforce” includes a change to the place where employees are employed by the employer to carry on the business of the employer or to carry out work of a particular kind for the employer (and the reference to such a place has the same meaning as in section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 19963);

  • “counter fraud functions” means, in relation to the Authority, the functions the Authority is to exercise pursuant to article 4(1), (3) and (4);

  • “the NHS Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;

  • “the transfer date” means 1st November 2017;

  • “the transitional period” means the period beginning on 1st November 2017 and ending immediately before 1st November 2018.