National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41)

Part 2 E+W Health service bodies

[F1 CHAPTER A2 E+W Clinical commissioning groups

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. A2 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 25(1), 306(1)(d)(4) (with Sch. 6 paras. 7-13); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 5); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

[F2 Board's functions in relation to clinical commissioning groups E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 14P-14Z24 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 26, 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 6); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

14Z7 Responsibility for payments to providers E+W

(1) The Board may publish a document specifying—

(a) circumstances in which a clinical commissioning group is liable to make a payment to a person in respect of services provided by that person in pursuance of arrangements made by another clinical commissioning group in the discharge of its commissioning functions, and

(b) how the amount of any such payment is to be determined.

(2) A clinical commissioning group is required to make payments in accordance with any document published under subsection (1).

(3) Where a clinical commissioning group is required to make a payment by virtue of subsection (2), no other clinical commissioning group is liable to make it.

(4) Accordingly, any obligation of another clinical commissioning group to make the payment ceases to have effect.

(5) Any sums payable by virtue of subsection (2) may be recovered summarily as a civil debt (but this does not affect any other method of recovery).

(6) The Board may publish guidance for clinical commissioning groups for the purpose of assisting them in understanding and applying any document published under subsection (1).

(7) In this section and section 14Z8, “commissioning functions” means the functions of clinical commissioning groups in arranging for the provision of services as part of the health service.]]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 14Z7(7) modified (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 6 para. 11(2)(n); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)