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Health and Social Care Act 2001

Reviews, variation and termination of pilot schemes
Section 31: Reviews of Pilot Schemes

170.Section 31 deals with the review of pilot schemes. Subsection (1) requires that each pilot scheme be reviewed at least once by the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales, and subsection (2) requires that this be done within three years of services first being provided under the scheme. Subsection (3) requires the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales to give the relevant Health Authority and the people providing services under each scheme an opportunity to comment as part of the review, but otherwise subsection (4) allows the procedure for the review to be at the discretion of the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales.

Section 32: Variation and Termination of Pilot Schemes

171.Section 32 deals with the variation and termination of pilot schemes. In particular subsection (1) permits the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales to issue directions to Health Authorities giving them a general authority to vary pilot schemes in specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions. The Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales may also issue directions under subsection (2) to require Health Authorities to vary particular schemes. If for any reason the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales is satisfied that a pilot scheme is unsatisfactory, subsection (3) permits them to issue directions requiring the Health Authority concerned to bring the scheme to an end.

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