The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022

PART 5Provisions relating to the abolition of Local Education and Training Boards and transfer of functions to Health Education England

Amendment of the Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010

126.—(1) The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5—

(a)after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) Health Education England must nominate or appoint a sufficient number of responsible officers.;

(b)in paragraph (3) for “or (2)” substitute “, (2) or (2A)”;

(c)after paragraph (4) insert—

(4A) When a responsible officer nominated or appointed in accordance with paragraph (2A) ceases to hold that position, Health Education England is not required to nominate or appoint a replacement if, in its opinion, there remains a sufficient number of responsible officers appointed or nominated under that paragraph..

(3) In regulation 10, in paragraph (1)(a)(ia)—

(a)for “a Local Education and Training Board” substitute “Health Education England”;

(b)for “that Board” substitute “Health Education England”.

(4) In regulation 12, in the table—

(a)in column 1, in entry 3 for “Local Education and Training Boards” substitute “Health Education England”;

(b)in column 2, in entry 3 for “Health Education England” substitute “NHS England”.

(5) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 14A for “Local Education and Training Boards” substitute “Health Education England”.

Amendment of the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012

127.—(1) The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 16—

(a)in paragraph (1A)—

(i)for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)co-operates with the education and training body in such manner and to such extent as the education and training body may request, in planning the provision of, and in providing, education and training for health care workers; and;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “the LETB in question” substitute “the education and training body”;

(b)in paragraph (2)—

(i)at the appropriate place insert—

education and training body” means the body required to exercise functions by or under section 97 or 98 of the Care Act 2014(3);;

(ii)omit the definition of “LETB”.

Amendment of the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014

128.—(1) The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014(4) is amended as follows.

(2) In the Schedule in the entry relating to Health Education England—

(a)omit paragraph (b);

(b)in paragraph (c) omit “or (b)”.

Amendment of the Health Education England Regulations 2014

129.—(1) The Health Education England Regulations 2014(5) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulation 3.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a)in the heading omit “and Local Education and Training Boards”;

(b)in paragraph (1) omit “or regulation 3(2)”.

(1)

S.I. 2010/2841, amended by S.I. 2013/391; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

S.I. 2012/2996, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/3215, 2016/293.

(4)

S.I. 2014/2418, amended by S.I. 2015/1981; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.