Paragraph 8 The healthcare subsector

(1)

This paragraph describes the threshold requirements which apply to specified kinds of essential services in the healthcare settings sector.

(2)

For the essential service of healthcare services the threshold requirements are—

(a)

in England, an NHS Trust as defined in section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 M1 or a Foundation trust as defined in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006 M2;

(b)

in Wales, a Local Health Board or NHS Trust as defined in the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 M3;

(c)

in Scotland—

(i)

the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service established under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M4;

(ii)

a Health Board, constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M5; F1and

(iii)

a Special Health Board, constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(d)

in Northern Ireland, the Health and Social Care Trusts within the meaning of “HSC Trust” in section 31 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 M6.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(c)(iii) and word substituted for Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(c)(iii)-(vi) (31.12.2020) by The Network and Information Systems (Amendment and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1245), regs. 1(1), 20(c) (with reg. 21)

Marginal citations

M1: 2006 c. 41.
M2: 2006 c. 41.
M3: 2006 c. 42.
M4: 1978 c. 29. Section 10 was amended by sections 25 and 26 of the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and section 65 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).
M5: There are no amendments relevant to this instrument.
M6: 2009 c. 1 (N.I.). There are amendments not relevant to this instrument.