Citation, extent and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022; and

(b) extend to England and Wales.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the 2006 Act ” means the National Health Service Act 2006( 2 ).

Commencement of provisions

2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Health and Care Act 2022 is 9th May 2022—

(a) section 1(1) (NHS Commissioning Board renamed NHS England), only in so far as it is required for the purposes of interpreting the words “NHS England” in—

(i) the provisions inserted into the 2006 Act by the provisions in paragraphs (c) and (e) below, and

(ii) the provision in paragraph (f) below;

(b) section 19(1) (establishment of integrated care boards);

(c) section 19(2), only in so far as it inserts the following provisions of Chapter A3 into the 2006 Act—

(i) section 14Z25(1), (2), (3), (5), (6)(a) and (8) (duty to establish integrated care boards),

(ii) section 14Z26 (process for establishing initial integrated care boards), and

(iii) section 14Z28 (transfer schemes in connection with integrated care boards);

(d) section 19(3);

(e) section 19(4) and Schedule 2 (integrated care boards: constitution etc), only in so far as they insert Part 1 of Schedule 1B (constitution of integrated care boards) into the 2006 Act;

(f) section 38 (transfer schemes in connection with abolished bodies).