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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 272(6)(zza) of the National Health Service Act 2006, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

National Health Service, England

Made ***

Coming into force 1st April 2013

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1D) and 272(7) and (8)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006^f1.

In accordance with section 272(6)(zza) of that Act^f2, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 41. Subsection (1D) of section 3 is part of an insertion made by section 13(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the 2012 Act”). By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“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) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
f2: Paragraph (zza) of section 272(6) of the 2006 Act was inserted by section 13(8) of the 2012 Health Act.