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Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 445

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017

Made

2.00 p.m. on 20th March 2017

Laid before Parliament

6.00 p.m. on 20th March 2017

Coming into force

10th April 2017

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

In accordance with section 13A(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has published and laid before Parliament the mandate(2).

Citation, commencement and expiry

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 10th April 2017.

(2) These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of 31st March 2018.

Mandate requirements

2.  The requirements set out in paragraph 1.6 of the mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board(3) and paragraph 6.2 of the Annex in that mandate, published by the Secretary of State on 20th March 2017 and laid before Parliament on that date(4) have effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

David Mowat

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

20th March 2017 at 2.00 p.m.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations gives effect to the requirements set out in the Secretary of State’s mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board for the financial year from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. The mandate was published and laid before Parliament on 20 March 2017.

The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2017-to-2018. A hard copy can be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.

No impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations as they have no impact on the private sector and civil society organisations, and no significant effect on the public sector.

(1)

2006 c.41 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 13A was inserted by section 23(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the 2012 Act”). By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definition of “regulations”.

(2)

See section 13A(1) of the 2006 Act for the meaning of “the mandate”.

(3)

The National Health Service Commissioning Board was established by section 1H of the 2006 Act, as inserted by section 9(1) of the 2012 Act.

(4)

The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2017-to-2018. A hard copy may be obtained on request by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.

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