The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2017/296
Year2017

2017 No. 296

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made 1st March 2017

Laid before Parliament 9th March 2017

Coming into force 1st April 2017

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3B(1) and 272(7)(a) and (b) of the National Health Service Act 20061.

In accordance with section 3B(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State obtained appropriate advice and consulted the National Health Service Commissioning Board before deciding to make these Regulations.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

S-2 Further service to be commissioned by the Board

Further service to be commissioned by the Board

2.—(1) Schedule 4 (services for rare and very rare conditions) to the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 20122is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph 140A, insert—

S-140B

140B. Uterine transplantation services.”.

O’Shaughnessy

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

1st March 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. 2012/2996) (“the principal Regulations”). Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations specifies services for rare and very rare conditions which the National Health Service Commissioning Board (“the Board”) must arrange for the provision of, as part of the health service.

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 4 to give effect to the revised commissioning responsibilities for the Board pursuant to regulations 7, 10 and 11 of the principal Regulations.

This amendment follows advice received, and consultation with the Board, pursuant to the statutory procedures set out in section 3B(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006.

No impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations as they have no impact on the private sector and...

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