Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
16th December 2014
Laid before Parliament
9th January 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) and (8) 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).
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of 31st March 2016.
2. The requirements set out in paragraphs 2.11 and 2.12 of the mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board(3) published by the Secretary of State on 11th December 2014 and laid before Parliament on that date(4) have effect.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Earl Howe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health
16th December 2014
(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 2015 to 31st March 2016. The mandate was published and laid before Parliament on 11th December 2014.
The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2015-to-2016. A hard copy can be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
2006 c.41 (the "2006 Act"). Section 13A was inserted by s.23 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (the "2012 Act"). By virtue of s.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) for the definition of "regulations".
See section 13A(1) for the meaning of "mandate".
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.
The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2015-to-2016. A hard copy may be obtained on request by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, SW1A 2NS.