Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1071
National Health Service, England
The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020
Made
25th September 2020
Coming into force
30th October 2020
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28, 28A(4)(a) and (5), and 273(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ) makes the following Order.
In accordance with section 272(6)(zc) of that Act, a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 30th October 2020.
Amendment to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017
2. —(1) The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the abolition date”, for “31st October 2020” substitute “30th October 2023”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Bethell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
25th September 2020
2006 c.41 . Section 28 was amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) . In relation to the exercise of powers to establish a new special health authority under section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006, section 28A was inserted by section 48(1) of the 2012 Act and requires provision to be made for the abolition of the special health authority in orders made after the coming into force of said section 48. Section 48 of the 2012 Act was brought into force on 1st April 2013 by SI 2013/160 . The powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England, by virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act.
S.I. 2017/958 ; as amended by S.I. 2018/378 .