Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (excepted agencies), substitute—

“3.

For the purposes of the Act—

(a)

a Special Health Authority which supplies staff, including nurses, to work for another National Health Service body;

(b)

an NHS trust which supplies nurses to work solely for another National Health Service body; and

(c)

an NHS foundation trust^f1, which supplies nurses to work solely for another National Health Service body,

shall be excepted from being a nurses agency.”.