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National Health Service, England

Made 26th April 2023

Coming into force 1st May 2023

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of, and paragraph 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 2006^f1.

In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has completed the consultation prescribed by regulations regulations^f2 made under that section.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c.41. (“the 2006 Act”). Section 25 of the 2006 Act is repealed by section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) but the repeal provision is not yet in force.
f2: S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2010/743 is, before making an order under section 25(1) of the 2006 Act in relation to an NHS trust, consultation by the Secretary of State with that NHS trust.