Paragraph 3 Power to call-in proposal for reconfigurationF1

may, within the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the direction, take any decision in relation to the proposal that could have been taken by the NHS commissioning body, and

must notify the NHS commissioning body once the Secretary of State has finished considering the proposal.

power to decide whether a proposal should, or should not, proceed, or should proceed in a modified form;

power to decide particular results to be achieved by the NHS commissioning body in taking decisions in relation to the proposal;

power to decide procedural or other steps that should, or should not, be taken in relation to the proposal;

power to retake any decision previously taken by the NHS commissioning body.

the NHS commissioning body,

if the NHS commissioning body is an integrated care board, NHS England,

each local authority (within the meaning of section 2B) to whose area the proposed reconfiguration of NHS services relates, and

any other person that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

publish any decision under sub-paragraph (2)(a) together with an explanation of the reasons for taking it, and

notify the NHS commissioning body of the decision and the reasons.