{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-liabilities-schemes-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-liabilities-schemes-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/604",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Liabilities Schemes Amendment Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-liabilities-schemes-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Liabilities Schemes Amendment Regulations 2005, and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the CNS Regulations” means the National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 1996;\nthe ELS Regulations” means the National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme) Regulations 1996;\n“the LTPS Regulations” mean the National Health Service (Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme) Regulations 1999;\n“the PES Regulations” mean the National Health Service (Property Expenses Scheme) Regulations 1999.\n(3) These Regulations apply in England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1996/251 amended by S.Is 1997/527,1999/1274, 2000/2341, 2002/1073 and 2002/2469."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/686 amended by 1997/526, 1999/1275, 2002/2469 and 2004/696."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/873 amended by S.Is 2000/2385, 2002/2469 and 2004/696."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/874 amended by S.Is 2000/2342, 2002/2469 and 2004/696."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under section 126(4) of the 1977 Act and section 21 of the 1990 Act were transferred with respect to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 article 2 and Schedule 1 as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/559",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/604/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:05:30.109371+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."
}