Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 821 (C. 45)
National Health Service
Health Services
The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023
Made
18th July 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 186(6), (9) and (11) of the Health and Care Act 2022( 1 ).
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023.
Commencement of section 162 of the Health and Care Act 2022
2. Section 162 of the Health and Care Act 2022 comes into force on 18th August 2023.
Saving provision: planned healthcare applications in relation to Northern Ireland
3. —(1) Notwithstanding the amendments made to the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019 ( 2 ) (“ the 2019 Act ”) by section 162 of the Health and Care Act 2022 , the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( 3 ) (“ the 2019 Regulations ”) continue to have effect insofar as they relate to the determination of planned healthcare applications in relation to Northern Ireland.
(2) For the purposes of the 2019 Regulations as they continue to have effect in accordance with paragraph (1), any term used in both the 2019 Regulations and the 2019 Act as it had effect immediately before 18th August 2023 continues to have the same meaning as it had for the purposes of the 2019 Act immediately before 18th August 2023.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Will Quince
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
18th July 2023
2019 c. 14 (“ the 2019 Act ”); in particular, section 162 renamed the 2019 Act and substituted section 2 under which the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/1293 ) were made.
S.I. 2019/1293 ; see regulation 6 as to the determination of planned healthcare applications.