The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Consequential Provisions Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 526  

National Health Service, England

The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Consequential Provisions Order 2008

Made

25th February 2008

Laid before Parliament

5th March 2008

Coming into force

30th June 2008

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 243(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Consequential Provisions Order 2008 and comes into force on 30th June 2008.

Amendment of the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2003

2.  In the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2003(2) in Schedule 1 (bodies and other persons required to publish race equality schemes by 31st May 2004), omit the entry in respect of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005

3.  In the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005(3) in Part 1 of Schedule 1, omit the entry in respect of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Ann Keen

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

25th February 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments consequential to the abolition of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (“CPPIH”). CPPIH is abolished by section 232 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28).

Article 2 of this Order amends Schedule 1 to the Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3006) to remove the reference to CPPIH from the list of bodies required to publish a race equality scheme.

Article 3 of this Order amends Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2966) to remove the reference to CPPIH from the list of bodies required to publish a disability equality scheme.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2007 c.28.

(2)

S.I. 2003/3006.

(3)

S.I. 2005/2966.