Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

These Regulations may be cited as the Care Trusts (Applications and Consultation) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on the 19th December 2001.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977^f1;

• “the 1990 Act” means the National Heath Service and Community Care Act 1990^f2;

• “the 2001 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001;

• “an application for Care Trust designation” means an application to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 45(1) and (2) of the 2001 Act;

• “the NHS Trusts Consultation Regulations” means the National Health Service Trusts (Consultation on Establishment and Dissolution) Regulations 1996^f3;

• “the Partnership Regulations” means the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Regulations 2000^f4;

• “the PCT Consultation Regulations” means the Primary Care Trusts (Consultation on Establishment, Dissolution and Transfer of Staff) Regulations 1999^f5;

• “relevant local authority” means a local authority which is, or is to be, a party to LA delegation arrangements^f6 with the relevant NHS body;

• “the relevant NHS body” means the Primary Care Trust or NHS trust (as the case may be) which is or is to be the party to LA delegation arrangements with a relevant local authority;

• “relevant partners” means the bodies specified in either regulation 3(a) or (b).

These Regulations extend to England only^f7.