The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012

Transitional provision

55.—(1) Where, before the relevant date—

(a) a Primary Care Trust or Strategic Health Authority is responsible for a person pursuant to direction 1(4) or (5) of the Waiting Times Directions;

(b) that person falls within direction 3(2) and (3) of the Waiting Times Directions, having been referred before the relevant date,

the relevant body that has responsibility for that person on and after the relevant date must comply with paragraph (2).

(2) The relevant body must ensure that, in respect of a person specified in paragraph (1), it complies with directions 3 to 6 of the Waiting Times Directions in respect of the person as if—

(a) the Waiting Times Directions continued in force on and after the relevant date;

(b) references to “Primary Care Trust” or “Strategic Health Authority” in those directions, and any relevant guidance referred to in those directions, were a reference to the relevant body that has responsibility for that person on and after the relevant date; and

(c) the relevant body had had responsibility for that person from the date on which that person was referred for the purpose of calculating any periods of time referred to in those directions or that guidance.

(3) Where, before the relevant date—

(a) a Primary Care Trust or Strategic Health Authority is responsible for a person pursuant to direction 1(4) or (5) of the Waiting Times Directions; and

(b) that person falls within direction 9(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Waiting Times Directions, having been referred before the relevant date,

the relevant body that has responsibility for that person on and after the relevant date must comply with paragraph (4).

(4) The relevant body must ensure that, in respect of a person specified in paragraph (3), it complies with directions 9 and 10 of the Waiting Times Directions in respect of the person as if—

(a) the Waiting Times Directions continued in force on and after the relevant date;

(b) references to “Primary Care Trust” or “Strategic Health Authority” in those directions, and any relevant guidance referred to in those directions, were a reference to the relevant body that has responsibility for that person on and after the relevant date; and

(c) the relevant body had had responsibility for that person from the date on which that person was referred for the purpose of calculating any periods of time referred to in those directions or that guidance.