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6.—(1) The National Health Service (Complaints) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) omit the definitions of “patients’ forum” and “relevant patients’ forum”.
(3) In regulation 20 (publicity)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for “Each” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), each”; and
(b)for paragraph (3)(f) substitute—
“(f)any relevant local involvement network.
(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a Special Health Authority.
(5) In this regulation—
(a)“relevant local authority” means—
(i)where the NHS body is a Strategic Health Authority, a local authority whose area falls, wholly or partly, within the area of the Strategic Health Authority;
(ii)where the NHS body is a Primary Care Trust, a local authority whose area falls, wholly or partly, within the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(iii)where the NHS body is an NHS trust, a local authority in whose area any hospital or other establishment or facility of that NHS trust is situated;
(b)“relevant local involvement network” means a person who in pursuance of arrangements made by a relevant local authority under section 221(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 is to carry on activities specified in section 221(2) of that Act.”.
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