# The Abolition of the NHS Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“the 2001 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001;
“the appeal period” means the period of 14 days within which an appellant must file his notice of appeal against a decision of the Tribunal in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998;
“the applicant Health Authority” means the Health Authority in England which made an application to the Tribunal which led to any Tribunal direction being made;
“the effective date” is the date (being after the relevant date) which immediately follows—
(a) the date on which an appeal period ended in respect of a local or national disqualification decision, or a paragraph 4(1) direction was given by the Tribunal without any appeal being filed,
(b) the date on which any appeal was withdrawn,
(c) the date on which a court upheld the Tribunal’s local or national disqualification decision or paragraph 4(1) direction on appeal,
as the case may be;
“the FHSAA” means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority constituted under section 49S of the National Health Service Act 1977;
“the FHSAA Regulations” means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Primary Care Act) Regulations 2001;
“a local disqualification decision” means a direction of the Tribunal under section 46(2)(a) of the 1977 Act in relation to a Health Authority in England to which section 47(1) of that Act applies;
“a national disqualification decision” means a direction of the Tribunal under section 46(2)(b) of the 1977 Act to which section 47(1) of that Act applies;
“the Order” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) (England) Order 2001;
“a paragraph 4(1) direction” means a direction given by the Tribunal under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Primary Care Act;
“a paragraph 5 direction” means a direction given by the FHSAA under paragraph 5 of that Schedule that a direction given under paragraph 4(1) be terminated;
“a pharmacist case” means a case before the Tribunal in relation to a person undertaking to provide pharmaceutical services under Part II of the 1977 Act;
“the Primary Care Act” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997;
“the relevant date” means—
(a) 14th December 2001, or
(b) in a pharmacist case, the date on which the first regulations made under section 42 of the 1977 Act as amended by section 20(6) of the 2001 Act come into force;
“a review decision” means a decision by the Tribunal under section 47 not to direct that a disqualification be ended;
“a suspension direction” means a direction of the Tribunal under section 49A(2) of the 1977 Act that subsection (3) of that section applies;
“a suspension pending appeal direction” means a direction of the Tribunal under section 49B(1) of the 1977 Act; and
“the Tribunal” means the tribunal constituted under section 46 of the 1977 Act.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to—
(a) a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number; and
(b) a numbered paragraph in a regulation is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3744/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-the-nhs-tribunal-consequential-provisions-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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