Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 505
National Health Service, England
The Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
30th March 2017
Coming into force
1st April 2017
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6C(2), 272(7) and (8), and 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ).
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 272(6)(zzb)( 2 ) of the National Health Service Act 2006 and was approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Amendment of the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013
2. —(1)The Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013 ( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2)Regulations 5C (Review) and 8A (Expiry of Regulations 5A to 5C) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
O’Shaughnessy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
30th March 2017
2006 c.41 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 6C was inserted by section 18(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”). Section 275 of the 2006 Act defines “prescribed” and “regulations”. There are amendments to section 275 that are not relevant to these Regulations.
Section 272(6)(zzb) of the 2006 Act was inserted by section 18(2) of the 2012 Act.
S.I. 2013/351 , as amended, in so far as is relevant to these Regulations, by the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) and the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. 2015/921 ).