Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 250
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS
The Special Health Authorities (Summarised Accounts) Order 2006
Made
7th February 2006
Laid before Parliament
8th February 2006
Coming into force
24th March 2006
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000( 1 ).
The Treasury, having regard to information contained or to be contained in resource accounts of the Department of Health prepared pursuant to section 5 of that Act (departmental accounts), considers that the preparation of summarised accounts for the bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order is unnecessary for the financial year ending on 31st March 2006.
The Treasury has consulted the Comptroller and Auditor General, the National Assembly for Wales and the Auditor General for Wales in accordance with section 14(3) and (4) of that Act.
Accordingly the Treasury makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Special Health Authorities (Summarised Accounts) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 24th March 2006.
Summarised Accounts of Special Health Authorities
2.Section 98(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 2 ) (requirement to prepare summarised accounts) shall not apply to the Special Health Authorities( 3 ) listed in the Schedule for the financial year ending on 31st March 2006.
Dave Watts
Tom Watson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th February 2006
Article 2
SCHEDULE
The Health and Social Care Information Centre
The NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG)
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
1977 c. 49 ; section 98(4) was amended by the Health and Social Service and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) section 12 and Schedule 5, paragraph 5. Section 98(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 applies to bodies mentioned in section 98(1) of that Act, which was amended to include Special Health Authorities by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) , section 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 50(a).
Special Health Authorities are established by orders made under section 11 National Health Service Act 1977, which was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995, section 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2, and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) , section 65 and Schedule 4, paragraph 4 and 6.