National Health Service Act 2006

Supplementary

64 Orders and regulations under this Chapter

(1) Any power under this Chapter to make an order or regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a statutory instrument made by virtue of this Chapter is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3) A statutory instrument containing—

(a) the first regulations under section 55(4) or 59, or

(b) an order or regulations under this Chapter making, by virtue of subsection (5)(b), provision which amends or repeals any part of the text of an Act,

may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing an order under—

(a) section 51,

(b) section 54(4), or

(c) section 57.

(5) Any order or regulations under this Chapter—

(a) may make different provision for different purposes, and

(b) may make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory or transitional or saving provision.

(6) Any power under this Chapter to make an order or regulations (as well as being exercisable in relation to all cases to which it extends) may be exercised in relation to all those cases subject to exceptions or in relation to any particular case or class of case.

65 Interpretation of this Chapter

(1) In this Chapter—

• “authorisation” means an authorisation under section 35 or 56,

• “health service body” means a Strategic Health Authority, a Primary Care Trust, an NHS trust, a Special Health Authority or an NHS foundation trust.

(2) Any references in this Chapter to goods and services include, in particular, facilities, education and training.