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<Text>devolved authorities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/1/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/1/b" id="section-235-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>other persons (whether or not in the United Kingdom).</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2" id="section-235-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The regulations may in particular—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/a/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/a" id="section-235-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>confer power on NICE to make such adjustments as NICE considers appropriate to a quality standard for the purposes of supplying it as mentioned in subsection <InternalLink id="i00416" Ref="section-235-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/1/enacted">(1)</InternalLink>, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/b" id="section-235-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>provide for the imposition by NICE of charges for or in connection with the supply of a quality standard as so mentioned.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/3/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/3" id="section-235-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Provision made under subsection <InternalLink id="i00417" Ref="section-235-2-b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/b" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/2/b/enacted">(2)(b)</InternalLink> may include provision for charges to be calculated on the basis NICE considers to be the appropriate commercial basis.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4" id="section-235-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In this section “devolved authority” means—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/a/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/a" id="section-235-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the Scottish Ministers,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/b" id="section-235-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the Welsh Ministers, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/c/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/235/4/c" id="section-235-4-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
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