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The NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2009

S.I. 2009/278 · Made 11 February 2009

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National Health Service, England

Local Government, England

Made 11th February 2009

Laid before Parliament 18th February 2009

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006f1, makes these Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.41.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment of the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2009 immediately after the coming into force of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Independent Mental Health Advocates) (England) Regulations 2008f1.

(3)

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

2Amendment of the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000

Regulation 5 (functions of NHS bodies) of the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (a)(ii), omit “and”;

(b)

for paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b)

the functions under sections 117 and 130A of the Mental Health Act 1983f2; and

(c)

the functions under Schedule A1 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005f3.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Phil Hope

Minister of State,

Department of Health

11th February 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000 (“the Partnership Regulations”) make provision for certain NHS bodies and local authorities to enter into arrangements for the exercise of specified functions.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 5 of the Partnership Regulations to add functions under sections 117 and 130A of the Mental Health Act 1983 and under Schedule A1 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to the list of functions that are NHS functions for the purposes of the Partnership Regulations.