PART 7Other consequential and transitional provisions

Amendment of the National Health Service (Property Expenses Scheme) (England) Regulations 2018219

1

The National Health Service (Property Expenses Scheme) (England) Regulations 2018207 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 5, at the beginning insert—

A1

Every integrated care board is a member of the Scheme from the beginning of 1st July 2022 (subject to any cancellation of the membership under regulation 6 (cancellation by a member) or 7 (cancellation by the Secretary of State)).

3

After regulation 17 insert—

Provision that is consequential on the Health and Care Act 2022: liabilities transferred to integrated care boards and NHS England18

1

A claim for an expense of a CCG that was made and not determined or paid before 1st July 2022 continues as a claim of the relevant integrated care board.

2

An expense of a CCG that arose and was not claimed before 1st July 2022 may be the subject of a claim on or after that date by the relevant integrated care board.

3

A claim for an expense of NHS TDA which was made and not determined or paid before 1st July 2022 continues as a claim of NHS England.

4

An expense of NHS TDA which arose and was not claimed before 1st July 2022 may be the subject of a claim on or after that date by NHS England.

5

An expense of Monitor which—

a

arose before 1st July 2022, and

b

is an expense of the kind which may be claimed by a member under the Scheme,

may be claimed on or after that date by NHS England.

6

In this Regulation—

  • a CCG” means a body corporate which, immediately before 1st July 2022, was established in accordance with Chapter A2 of Part 2 of the 2006 Act;

  • claim” means a claim under the Scheme;

  • expense” means an expense to which the Scheme applies;

  • Monitor” means the body corporate which, immediately before 1st July 2022, was known as Monitor in accordance with section 61 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012;

  • NHS TDA” means the Special Health Authority which, immediately before 1st July 2022, was established in accordance with article 2 of the National Health Service Trust Development Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2012;

  • relevant integrated care board” means the integrated care board to whom the liability was transferred under section 14Z28 of the 2006 Act.