Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
16th October 2020
Laid before Parliament
19th October 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 126(2), 129(6), 132, 172(1), 178, 182, 184(1) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 3(1) and (3)(c) and (d) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
2006 c.41. Section 126 has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”), sections 213(7)(k) and 220(7), and Schedule 4, paragraph 63, and the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), Schedule 5, paragraph 30. Section 129(6) has been amended by: the Health Act 2009 (c. 21) (“the 2009 Act”), sections 26 and 27, and Schedule 6; the 2012 Act, section 207(1) to (9), and Schedule 4, paragraph 66; the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), Schedule 9, paragraph 121; and S.I. 2010/231. Section 132 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 69, by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 9, paragraph 122, and by S.I. 2007/289 and 2010/22 and 231. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 has been amended by: the 2009 Act, section 29(13) to (15); the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 93(4); and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Schedule 9, paragraph 52(1)(b) and (2). See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) for the meanings given to “prescribed” and “regulations”. By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the functions of the Secretary of State being exercised in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England.