Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14)
166(1)Section 97 (general interpretation of Part 1) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) in the definition of “English NHS body”—
(a)omit paragraph (a),
(b)omit paragraph (b), and
(c)before paragraph (d) insert—
the National Health Service Commissioning Board,
a clinical commissioning group,”.
(3)In that subsection in the definition of “English NHS provider” omit paragraph (a).
(4)In that subsection in the definition of “NHS care”—
(a)after “health care” insert “—
commissioned by the National Health Service Commissioning Board or by a clinical commissioning group (whether from an English NHS provider or not), or
(b)omit from “provided by” to the end.
(5)After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)Any reference in this Part to health care commissioned by the National Health Service Commissioning Board or by a clinical commissioning group is a reference to health care provided by other persons pursuant to arrangements made by the Board or a clinical commissioning group under the National Health Service Act 2006 (including arrangements so made by virtue of section 7A of that Act).”
(6)Omit subsection (3).