Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1596
National Health Service, England
The Health Service Commissioner for England (Special Health Authorities) Order 2020
Made
16th December 2020
Laid before Parliament
23rd December 2020
Coming into force
1st February 2021
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers in section 2(5)(b) and (6) of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Health Service Commissioner for England (Special Health Authorities) Order 2020 and comes into force on 1st February 2021.
Designation as body subject to investigation
2. The NHS Counter Fraud Authority( 2 ) is designated as a Special Health Authority to which section 2(1) of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (bodies subject to investigation by the Health Service Commissioner for England) applies.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
1993 c. 46 ; section 2(5)(b) was amended by section 152 of, and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 10 and paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 18 to, the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) ; section 2(6) was substituted by paragraph 31(4) of Schedule 6 to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10) .
Established by S.I. 2017/958 .