The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022

Transitional and saving provision: annual reports of clinical commissioning groups

23.—(1) This regulation applies where, prior to its abolition, a clinical commissioning group has not fully discharged its obligations under section 14Z15(1) of the 2006 Act in relation to—

(a) the financial year ending with 31st March 2022, or

(b) the financial year beginning with 1st April 2022.

(2) Section 14Z15 of the 2006 Act is saved in relation to the relevant period and is to be read as if—

(a) in subsection (1), the obligation imposed on the clinical commissioning group to prepare a report were imposed on the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group;

(b) in subsection (3), the obligation imposed on the clinical commissioning group to consult each relevant Health and Wellbeing Board were imposed on the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group;

(c) in subsection (4)—

(i) directions applicable to the clinical commissioning group were applicable to the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group, and

(ii) NHS England may give directions to an integrated care board as to the form and content of an annual report in relation to a clinical commissioning group’s relevant period;

(d) in subsection (5)—

(i) the obligation imposed on the clinical commissioning group to provide a copy of its annual report before a specified date were imposed on the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group,

(ii) that obligation required the report to be provided by the successor integrated care board to NHS England, and

(iii) NHS England may give directions to an integrated care board specifying a date before which the annual report must be delivered to it;

(e) in subsection (6)—

(i) the obligation imposed on the clinical commissioning group to publish its annual report were imposed on the successor integrated care board in relation to that clinical commissioning group, and

(ii) subsection (6)(b) were omitted.

(3) In paragraph (2), “relevant period” means—

(a) the financial year ending with 31st March 2022, or

(b) the financial year beginning with 1st April 2022 and ending with 30th June 2022.

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Section is 14Z15 is revoked by paragraph 100 of Schedule 4 to the 2022 Act.