2014 No. 3487

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 20061.

In accordance with section 13A(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has published and laid before Parliament the mandate2.

Citation, commencement and expiry1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

2

These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of 31st March 2016.

Mandate requirements2

The requirements set out in paragraphs 2.11 and 2.12 of the mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board3 published by the Secretary of State on 11th December 2014 and laid before Parliament on that date4 have effect.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Earl HoweParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations gives effect to the requirements set out in the Secretary of State’s mandate to the National Health Service Commissioning Board for the financial year from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016. The mandate was published and laid before Parliament on 11th December 2014.

The mandate is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-mandate-2015-to-2016. A hard copy can be obtained by writing to the Department of Health, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.

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