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Health and Social Care Act 2012

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67Conflicts between functions

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(1)In a case where Monitor considers that any of its general duties conflict with each other, it must secure that the conflict is resolved in the manner it considers best.

(2)Monitor must act so as to secure that there is not, and could not reasonably be regarded as being, a conflict between—

(a)its exercise of any of its functions under Chapter 5 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (regulation of NHS foundation trusts) or under sections 111 and 113 of this Act (imposition of licence conditions on NHS foundation trusts during transitional period) or under paragraph 17 of Schedule 8 to this Act (accounts of NHS foundation trusts), and

(b)its exercise of any of its other functions.

(3)Monitor must ignore the functions it has under sections 111 and 113 when exercising—

(a)its functions under Chapter 2 (competition);

(b)its functions under Chapter 4 (pricing).

(4)If Monitor secures the resolution of a conflict between its general duties in a case that comes within subsection (5), or that Monitor considers is otherwise of unusual importance, it must publish a statement setting out—

(a)the nature of the conflict,

(b)the manner in which it decided to resolve it, and

(c)its reasons for deciding to resolve it in that manner.

(5)A case comes within this subsection if it involves—

(a)a matter likely to have a significant impact on persons who provide health care services for the purposes of the NHS;

(b)a matter likely to have a significant impact on people who use health care services provided for the purposes of the NHS;

(c)a matter likely to have a significant impact on the general public in England (or in a particular part of England);

(d)a major change in the activities Monitor carries on;

(e)a major change in the standard conditions of licences under Chapter 3 (see section 94).

(6)Where Monitor is required to publish a statement under subsection (4), it must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after making its decision.

(7)The duty under subsection (4) does not apply in so far as Monitor is subject to an obligation not to publish a matter that needs to be included in the statement.

(8)Every annual report of Monitor must include—

(a)a statement of the steps it has taken in the financial year to which the report relates to comply with the duty under subsection (2), and

(b)a summary of the manner in which, in that financial year, Monitor has secured the resolution of conflicts between its general duties arising in cases of the kind referred to in subsection (5).

(9)Monitor’s general duties for the purposes of this section are its duties under sections 62 and 66.

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