Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
14th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
22nd February 2013
Coming into force
1st April 2013
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 8, 126, 128A, 129, 130, 132, 136, 139, 140, 142(b), 143, 145, 148, 150A, 151(5) and (7), 154, 159(9), 160, 161, 162, 163(3), 164, 169(3) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 11 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
2006 c.41. Section 7 has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”), section 21(1) to (4); section 8 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 5; section 126 has been amended by the 2012 Act, sections 213(7)(k) and 220(7), and Schedule 4, paragraph 63; section 128A was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c.21), section 25, and amended by the 2012 Act, section 206(1); section 129 has been amended by the Health Act 2009, sections 26 and 27 and Schedule 6, by the 2012 Act, section 207(1) to (9), and Schedule 4, paragraph 66, by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), Schedule 9, paragraph 121, and by S.I. 2010/231; section 130 has been amended by the 2012 Act, section 207(10), and by S.I. 2010/22; section 132 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 69, by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 9, paragraph 122, and by S.I. 2007/289 and 2010/22 and 231; section 136 has been amended by the 2012 Act, section 207(11), and Schedule 4, paragraph 72; section 140 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 75; section 148 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 77, and by S.I. 2010/22; section 150A was inserted by the Health Act 2009, section 28, and amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 78; section 151 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 80; section 154 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 81, and by S.I. 2010/22; section 160 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 86; section 161 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 87; section 162 has been amended by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 88; section 164 has been amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), section 141(1), and Schedule 15, Part 4, and by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 89; section 169 has been amended by S.I. 2010/22; paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 has been amended by the Health Act 2009, section 29(12), and by the 2012 Act, section 207(12), and Schedule 4, paragraph 93(3); paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 has been amended by the Health Act 2009, section 29(13) to (15), and by the 2012 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 93(4). By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the functions of the Secretary of State being exercised in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England. See also section 275(1) of the 2006 Act, which contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised.