# Health and Social Care Act 2012, Paragraph 43


(1) Article 8 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (health and social services contracts) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (g)—
(i) omit paragraph (i),
(ii) omit paragraph (ii), and
(iii) omit paragraph (iii),
(b) after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(ga) the National Health Service Commissioning Board;
(gb) clinical commissioning groups established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006;
(gc) Special Health Authorities established under section 28 of that Act;
(gd) Special Health Authorities established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
(ge) Local Health Boards established under section 11 of that Act;
(gf) NHS trusts established under section 18 of that Act;”,
(c) in sub-paragraph (h) after paragraph (i) insert—
“(ia) Special Health Boards;”,
(d) after sub-paragraph (h) insert—
“(ha) Healthcare Improvement Scotland,”,
(e) omit sub-paragraph (i), and
(f) before sub-paragraph (j) insert—
“(ia) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;
(ib) the Health and Social Care Information Centre;”.
(3) In paragraph (10) for “paragraph 2(g), (h), (i) or (j)” substitute “any of sub-paragraphs (g) to (gf), (h), (ha), (ia), (ib) and (j) of paragraph (2)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/21/paragraph/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/schedule-21/paragraph-43
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