Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 296
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
1st March 2017
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2017
Coming into force
1st April 2017
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3B(1) and 272(7)(a) and (b) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ).
In accordance with section 3B(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State obtained appropriate advice and consulted the National Health Service Commissioning Board before deciding to make these Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Further service to be commissioned by the Board
2. —(1)Schedule 4 (services for rare and very rare conditions) to the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 140A, insert—
“ 140B. Uterine transplantation services. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
O’Shaughnessy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
1st March 2017
2006 c.41 . Section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) was inserted by section 15 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England only. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
S.I. 2012/2996 ; relevant amendments to which were made by S.I. 2014/452 , 2015/415 and 2016/293 .