Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
24th November 2021
Laid before Parliament
30th November 2021
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85, 89(1), (2)(a), (c) and (d), 94(1) and (3)(f), 126(2), 128A, 129(1), (2), (2A), (2C) and (6), 132, 172(1), 178, 182, 184(1) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 3(1) and (3)(c), (d) and (f) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
2006 c. 41. Section 89 has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”), sections 28(1) and 202(2), and Schedule 4, paragraph 34. Section 94 has been amended by the 2012 Act, section 28(2), and Schedule 4, paragraph 38, and by the Crime and County Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) (“the 2013 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 52(1)(b) and (2). Section 126 has been amended by 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 128A was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21) (“the 2009 Act”), section 25, and amended by the 2012 Act, section 206(1). Section 129(6) has been amended by: 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, paragraphs 120 and 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) and (14); the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 93(4); and the 2013 Act, 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”.