{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-65N",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-65N.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "section/65N",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65N",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) NHS England must publish guidance for trust special administrators.\n(1A) It must, in so far as it applies to NHS trusts, include guidance about—\n(a) seeking the support of commissioners for an administrator's recommendation;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) It must include guidance about the publication of notices under sections 65H and 65J.\n(2A) It must include guidance about the publication of—\n(a) notices under section 65KC(4)(a);\n(b) statements under section 65KC(4)(b).\n(3) It must include guidance about the preparation of draft reports, as to—\n(a) persons to be consulted;\n(b) factors to be taken into account;\n(c) relevant publications.\n(3A) Before publishing guidance under this section, NHS England must consult the Care Quality Commission.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. 5A inserted (15.2.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 16, 40(1); S.I. 2010/30, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 65N(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 8 para. 19(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 65N(1A) inserted (15.7.2014) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 120(14), 127(1); S.I. 2014/1714, art. 3(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 65N(1A)(b) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 8 para. 19(3); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 65N(2A) inserted (1.11.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 178(2), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 65N(3A) inserted (15.7.2014) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 84(6), 127(1); S.I. 2014/1714, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 65N(3A) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 8 para. 19(4); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 65N(4) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 8 para. 19(5); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted by virtue of 2012 c. 7, Sch. 14 para. 24(2A) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2014/23",
      "affecting_title": "Care Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/section/65N",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:55.183741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}