Regulation 13 Areas that are controlled localitiesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Any area that was, or was part of, a controlled locality for the purposes of the 2013 Regulations—

(a)

immediately before these Regulations come into force, or

(b)

following a determination made in accordance with regulation 63(2),

continues to be, or to be part of, a controlled locality for the purposes of these Regulations (unless or until it is determined that the area is no longer, or is no longer part of, a controlled locality).

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), a Local Health Board must in response to an application submitted in writing by a Local Medical Committee or a Local Pharmaceutical Committee, or may at any other time that it may decide, consider the question of whether or not any particular area within the area for which it is established is, because it is rural in character, a controlled locality or part of a controlled locality.

(3)

Where the question of whether or not any particular area is, or is part of, a controlled locality has been determined by a Local Health Board or on appeal by the Welsh Ministers (whether under these Regulations or the 2013 Regulations) that question must not be considered again in relation to the particular area—

(a)

for 5 years, beginning on the date of the determination of the Local Health Board or, if that determination was appealed, the date of the decision of the appeal, unless

(b)

the Local Health Board is satisfied (within that 5 years) that there has been a substantial change in circumstances affecting the area since the question was last determined.

(4)

Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 specify the procedures to be followed by a Local Health Board when determining whether or not an area is a controlled locality under this regulation.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 13 in force at 1.10.2020, see reg. 1(2)(b)