3. The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.
(1) In regulation 32A (interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “relevant health service”, after “(a) Continuing Care for Children” delete “or”,
(b)in the definition of “relevant health service”, after “(b) NHS Continuing Healthcare” remove the full stop and insert “;”,
(c)in the definition of “relevant health service”, after “(b) NHS Continuing Healthcare;” insert—
“(c)Section 117 Aftercare; or
(d)Wheelchair Services.”,
(d)after the definition of “relevant health service”, insert---
““Section 117 After-care” means that part of a package of care which is arranged and funded by a relevant body for a person to whom section 117(1) of the 1983 Act(2) applies; and
“Wheelchair Services” means services which are arranged and funded by a relevant body for a person with a medically recognised long term disability who for their health and wellbeing requires a wheelchair or specialist buggy to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”.
S.I. 2012/2996; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2891 and 2014/1611.
1983 c. 20. Section 117(1) of the 1983 Act was amended by paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52) and paragraph 12(17) of Schedule 4 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43).