2022 No. 632

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Areas of Integrated Care Boards: Appointed Day) Regulations 2022

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power in section 14Z25(9) of the National Health Service Act 20061.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Areas of Integrated Care Boards: Appointed Day) Regulations 2022.

2

These Regulations come into force on 1st July 2022.

3

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Appointed day2

The day appointed under section 14Z25(9) (integrated care boards) of the National Health Service Act 2006 is 1st July 2022.

Edward ArgarMinister of State,Department of Health and Social Care
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31) (“the 2022 Act”) amended the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (“the 2006 Act”) to provide for, amongst other things, the establishment of integrated care boards and the abolition of clinical commissioning groups.

New section 14Z25(4) of the 2006 Act requires the statutory body known as NHS England (formerly the National Health Service Commissioning Board) to ensure that, on and after the appointed day, the areas of integrated care boards together cover the whole of England. New section 14Z27(1) of the 2006 Act abolishes any clinical commissioning group existing immediately before the appointed day at the beginning of that day. These Regulations appoint 1st July 2022 for these purposes.

An impact assessment has not been published for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen independent of the provisions in relation to which these Regulations appoint a day. An impact assessment has been published in relation to the 2022 Act and copies can be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0EU or from this website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-care-bill-combined-impact-assessments.