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Regulation 4 Eligible bodiesI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The bodies which are eligible to be members of the Scheme are—

(a)

F1NHS England;

(b)

F2an integrated care board;

(c)

a Special Health Authority;

(d)

the Care Quality Commission;

F3(e)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)

the Health Research Authority;

F4(g)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h)

NICE;

(i)

an NHS trust;

(j)

an NHS foundation trust;

(k)

a local authority which provides, or arranges the provision of, relevant health services under an arrangement made between the local authority and either—

(i)

the Secretary of State; or

(ii)

a body specified in sub-paragraph (a) to (c), (i) or (j);

(l)

any body (“B”) not specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (k) which provides relevant health services in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), (3) or (4).

(2)

The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where the relevant health services are provided under an arrangement made between B and NHS England, an integrated care board or a Special Health Authority.

(3)

The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where the relevant health services—

(a)

are provided under an arrangement made between B and another body which is not a member of the Scheme; and

(b)

are also the subject of an arrangement made between that other body and NHS England, an integrated care board or a Special Health Authority.

(4)

The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where the relevant health services—

(a)

are provided under an arrangement made between B and another body which is not a member of the Scheme; and

(b)

are also the subject of—

(i)

an arrangement made between that other body and a further body which is not a member of the Scheme;

(ii)

any further arrangement or arrangements which may have been entered into between bodies which are not members of the Scheme; and

(iii)

an arrangement made between NHS England, an integrated care board or a Special Health Authority and a body falling within paragraph (i) or (ii).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

F2

Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))

F3

Reg. 4(1)(e) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18 (with reg. 7)

F4

Reg. 4(1)(g) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 48 (with reg. 3)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)