The National Health Service and Public Health (Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

Interpretation of Part 2

2.—(1) In this Part—

(a) “Article 20” and “Article 27(3)” respectively mean Article 20 and Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 (authorisation for treatment in another Member State)(1);

(b) a CCG has responsibility for a person if in relation to the service that is the subject of an application as mentioned in regulation 4, it is responsible for that person under or by virtue of section 3 or 3A of the 2006 Act (duties of clinical commissioning groups as to commissioning certain health services and power of clinical commissioning groups to commission certain health services)(2).

(2) “working day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(3) and any application or information received on a day that is not a working day is to be treated as having been received on the next working day.

(1)

OJ L166, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)

Section 3 of the 2006 Act is amended by section 13 of the 2012 Act. Section 3A is inserted by section 14 of the 2012 Act.

(3)

1971 c. 80.