Regulation 12 Connection between designated bodies and medical practitioners who are responsible officers
Where a medical practitioner is the responsible officer for a designated body (body A) in accordance with these Regulations, the prescribed connection between that practitioner and a designated body for the purposes of section 45B of the Act is as follows.
Subject to paragraph (3), the medical practitioner has a prescribed connection with a designated body (body B) in the following circumstances—
where body A is in England and is not a Strategic Health Authority, body B is the Strategic Health Authority in whose area body A is located;
where body A is a Strategic Health Authority, body B is the Department of Health;
where body A is in Scotland, body B is the Scottish Ministers;
where body A is in Wales, body B is the Welsh Ministers.
A medical practitioner who is a responsible officer for—
the Department of Health;
the Scottish Ministers; or
the Welsh Ministers,
does not have a prescribed connection with a designated body under these Regulations.