Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 3049
National Health Service, England
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (NHS Blood and Transplant Periodic Review) Regulations 2009
Made
16th November 2009
Laid before Parliament
23rd November 2009
Coming into force
21st December 2009
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(1) and 161(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (NHS Blood and Transplant Periodic Review) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 21st December 2009.
Extension of periodic review function to NHS Blood and Transplant
2. The Commission is required to―
(a) conduct periodic reviews of the carrying on of the regulated activity prescribed in regulation 3(1)(d) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration of Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009( 2 ) (regulated activities carried on by NHS Blood and Transplant in England); and
(b) assess the performance of NHS Blood and Transplant( 3 ) following each such review and publish a report of its assessment.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Mike O’Brien
Minister of State,
Department of Health
16th November 2009
NHS Blood and Transplant was established as a Special Health Authority in October 2005: see S.I. 2005/2529 .