http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/section/74Health and Care Act 2022enStatute Law Database2025-11-18Expert Participation2025-07-07 PART 1 74 After section 13U of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert— 13UA 1 NHS England may publish guidance for a relevant NHS body about the making of a joint appointment to which this section applies. 2 A joint appointment to which this section applies is an appointment of a person to a position in— a one or more relevant NHS commissioner and one or more relevant NHS provider, b one or more relevant NHS body and one or more local authority, or c one or more relevant NHS body and one or more combined authority. 3 A relevant NHS body must have regard to guidance published under this section. 4 NHS England must consult such persons as NHS England considers appropriate— a before it first publishes guidance under this section, and b before it publishes any revised guidance containing changes that are, in the opinion of NHS England, significant. 5 In this section— “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2B; “relevant NHS body” means— a relevant NHS commissioner; a relevant NHS provider; “relevant NHS commissioner” means— NHS England; an integrated care board; “relevant NHS provider” means— an NHS trust established under section 25; an NHS foundation trust. S. 74 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)S. 74 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)