Paragraph 7

United Kingdom

A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used or kept on a road by—

(a)

a health service body (as defined in section 60(7) of the M1National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990) or a health and social services body (as defined in Article 7(6) of the M2Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991), or

(b)

a National Health Service trust established under F1the National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the M3National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or a Health and Social Services Trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 F2or

(F3ba)

an NHS foundation trust, or

F4(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 ...

F6(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 ...

(e)

a Local Health Board established under F8section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 F9or

(F10f)

the Care Quality Commission.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(b) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 170(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F2: Sch. 2 para. 7(c) and the word preceding it inserted (1.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/2795, art. 5
F3: Sch. 2 para. 7(ba) inserted (1.4.2004 for E.W.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 96; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2
F4: Sch. 2 para. 7(c) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 62(a), Sch. 15 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 35(x), 36
F5: Sch. 2 para. 7(d) and preceding word inserted (8.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/90, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 28
F6: Sch. 2 para. 7(d) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/594), arts. 1(2), 2
F7: Sch. 2 para. 7(e) and preceding word inserted (10.10.2002 for W. and 1.3.2007 for E.) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 39; S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2006/1407, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12
F8: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(e) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 170(c) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F9: Sch. 2 para. 7(f) and preceding word added (11.11.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2987), art. 2(1)(g)(ii)
F10: Sch. 2 para. 7(f) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 62(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 35(x)

Marginal citations

M1: 1990 c. 19.
M2: S.I. 1991/194 (N.I.1).
M3: 1978 c. 29.

Notes on Ambulances, medical courier vehicles and health service vehicles

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 6 cross-heading inserted (1.4.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 87(2)(4)