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National Health Service, England

Made 27th March 2018

Coming into force 1st April 2018

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7)(a) and (8)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006^f1.

In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the consultation period prescribed in regulations made under that section has been completed^f2.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c.41 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) provides for the repeal of section 25 of the 2006 Act but this provision is not yet in force.
f2: S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2010/743 is, before making an order under section 25(1) of the 2006 Act in relation to an NHS trust, consultation by the Secretary of State with that NHS trust.