PART 1General
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme) (England) Regulations 2018.
2
These Regulations come into force on 1st August 2018.
3
These Regulations apply to England only.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the 1999 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme) Regulations 19992;
“the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;
“the 2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 20123;
“the appointed day” means the day on which these Regulations come into force;
“eligible body” means a body specified in regulation 4;
“membership year” means, in relation to an eligible body, any period of 12 months beginning on 1st April during any part of which that body is a member of the Scheme;
“qualifying liability” has the meaning given by regulation 9;
“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 continued under section 1(1) of the NHS Act 2006;
- b
a power exercised by virtue of section 7 of the Health and Medicines Act 19884;
- c
a power exercised under section 13W, 14Z5, 43(3) or 44 of, or paragraphs 19 or 20 of Schedule 4 to, the 2006 Act5;
- d
a power exercised under section 243 or 270 of the 2012 Act;
- e
a function conferred by regulations made under section 240(1)(a) or (b) of the 2012 Act.
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