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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Notifiable Reconfigurations and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 31st January 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in England.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 2013 Regulations” means the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013(1);
“responsible person” has the meaning given in regulation 20(1) of the 2013 Regulations.
2.—(1) A reconfiguration of NHS services(2) is a notifiable reconfiguration for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 10A to the National Health Service Act 2006 if it falls within paragraph (2).
(2) Subject to regulation 3, a reconfiguration of NHS services falls within this paragraph if a responsible person is obliged to undertake a consultation in respect of a proposal for such a reconfiguration under regulation 23(1)(a) of the 2013 Regulations(3).
3. A reconfiguration of NHS services will not be notifiable if, prior to 31st January 2024, a responsible person has begun a consultation in respect of a proposal for such a reconfiguration under regulation 23(1)(a) of the 2013 Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Care
8th January 2024
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