Health and Social Care Act 2012

10(1)The National Health Service Act 2006 is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In section 9 (NHS contracts) in subsection (4), after paragraph (k) insert—

“(ka)NICE,”.

(3)In section 71 (schemes for losses and liabilities of certain health service bodies) in subsection (2), after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)NICE,”.

(4)In section 72 (co-operation between NHS bodies)—

(a)the existing text becomes subsection (1), and

(b)after that subsection insert—

“(2)For the purposes of this section, NICE is an NHS body.”

(5)In section 275 (interpretation) in subsection (1), after the definition of “NHS trust” insert—

““NICE” means the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;”.