Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Licence Exemptions, etc.) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends the definition of “applicable turnover” to provide that the turnover from providing NHS Continuing Healthcare or NHS funded nursing care remains excluded from the calculation of applicable turnover. Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 6 of the 2013 Regulations to remove the reference to March 2015, this means that persons that only provide NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded nursing care will continue to be exempt from the requirement to hold a licence, unless regulation 9 of the 2013 Regulations applies. (Regulation 9 of those Regulations makes provision for the exemptions provided for in regulation 5, 6, 7 or 8 to be subject to conditions and for the withdrawal of the exemptions where one or more of the conditions are no longer met).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no significant effect on business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.