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

Amendment of the Local Audit (Health Service Bodies Auditor Panel and Independence) Regulations 2015

76.—(1) The Local Audit (Health Service Bodies Auditor Panel and Independence) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1, in paragraph (2)—

(a) omit the definition of “a CCG”;

(b) in the definition of “governing board”, in sub-paragraph (b) for “the governing body of that CCG” substitute “the members of that integrated care board”;

(c) after the definition of “health service body” insert—

““an integrated care board” means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;

“member of an integrated care board” means the chair, the chief executive or an ordinary member of an integrated care board as specified in the constitution of the integrated care board as a member of that board;”;

(d) omit the definition of “a member of a CCG”;

(e) in the definition of “a non-executive member”, omit sub-paragraph (a).

(3) In regulation 5, in paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)—

(i) at the beginning insert “in the case of an NHS trust,”;

(ii) for “health service body”, substitute “NHS trust”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c)(ii)—

(i) at the beginning insert “in the case of an NHS trust,”;

(ii) for “health service body”, substitute “NHS trust”.

(4) In regulation 6, in paragraph (5)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a) in the case of an NHS trust, has been an employee of that NHS trust within the period of five years immediately preceding the date of the proposed appointment;”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) in the case of an integrated care board, is, or has been within the period of five years immediately preceding the date of the proposed appointment—

(i) an employee of that integrated care board,

(ii) a secondee serving as a member of staff of that integrated care board, or

(iii) nominated as an ordinary member of that integrated care board pursuant to paragraphs 8(2)(a) to (c) of Schedule 1B to the National Health Service Act 2006; ”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/18.