The National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Amendment Regulations 2002

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an error in S.I. 2002 No. 2759 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2932

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Amendment Regulations 2002

Made

27th November 2002

Laid before Parliament

27th November 2002

Coming into force

28th November 2002

The Secretary of State for Health, being the Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the National Health Service, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 28th November 2002.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

Amendment of the National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2002

2.  In regulation 2 of the National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2002(3) for “1997” there is substituted “1977”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton

Minister of State

Department of Health

27th November 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations (which apply to England and Wales) amend the National Health Service Act 1977 and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2002 in order to correct an error in regulation 2 by substituting the correct year for the National Health Service Act 1977.

(1)

See The European Communities (Designation) Order (No. 3) 2001 No. 3495.

(2)

1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

(3)

S.I. 2002 No. 2759.