The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013

NICE’s charter

14.—(1) NICE must publish the charter(1) before 1st July 2013.

(2) NICE may include in the charter such information as it considers appropriate but must include information on—

(a)the procedures it establishes for carrying out its functions; and

(b)the consultation it undertakes in the establishment of its procedures and in the carrying out of its functions.

(3) NICE may revise the charter when it considers it appropriate to do so but must review the charter to consider whether it should be revised at least once in any review period.

(4) A review period referred to in paragraph (3) is—

(a)the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the charter is published, and

(b)each subsequent period of 3 years.