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The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Amendment) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2218 · Made 5 August 1999

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 5th August 1999

Laid before Parliament 6th August 1999

Coming into force 27th August 1999

The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 126(4) of, and paragraphs 10 and 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49. Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act and by paragraph 60(e) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). See section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Functions under these sections of the 1977 Act, in relation to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, are, by their nature, exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(c) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/672.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 27th August 1999.

2Amendment of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999f1 are amended as follows—

(a)

in regulation 1(2), in the definition of “the Act”, for “1997” there is substituted “1977”;

(b)

in regulation 4(1), for the word “should” there is substituted the word “shall”.

Signature

Frank Dobson

Secretary of State for Health

5th August 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999 to correct minor errors in the wording of regulation 1(2) (in the definition of “the Act”) and regulation 4(1) (appointment of Chief Officers).