# The Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Infrastructure Planning (National Policy Statement Consultation) Regulations 2009

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Infrastructure Planning (National Policy Statement Consultation) Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “AONB Conservation Boards” insert—
““clinical commissioning group” means a body established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006 (effect of grant of application);”;
(b) after the definition of “local authorities” insert—
““local health board” means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (local health boards);”;
(c) after the definition of “local resilience forum” insert—
““National Health Service Commissioning Board” has the same meaning as in section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (the National Health Service Commissioning Board and its general functions);
“National Health Service Trusts” means the National Health Service Trusts established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (NHS Trusts);”; and
(d) omit the definitions of—
(i) “regional development agencies”;
(ii) “regional planning body”;
(iii) “responsible regional authority”; and
(iv) “Strategic Health Authority”.
(3) In regulation 3 (consultation)—
(a) in paragraph (3)—
(i) omit sub-paragraphs (d), (f) and (m); and
(ii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—
“(ea) Clinical commissioning groups;
(eb) The National Health Service Commissioning Board;”; and
(b) in Table 1—
(i) omit the entry relating to The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment;
(ii) in the entry relating to the Health Protection Agency—
(aa) in column 1 for “The Health Protection Agency” substitute “Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health”; and
(bb) in column 2 for “relating to” substitute “likely to involve” and after “people” insert “and likely to affect significantly public health”; and
(iii) after the final entry insert two new entries—
“
local health board
Where a NPS is likely to affect Wales
The National Health Service Trusts
Where a NPS is likely to affect Wales
”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/522/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-prescribed-consultees-and-interested-parties-etc-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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