Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the False or Misleading Information (Specified Care Providers and Specified Information) Regulations 2015 and come into force—

a

except as provided by sub-paragraph (b), at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which these Regulations are made, and

b

in the case of paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule and regulation 3 insofar as it applies to that paragraph, on 1st April 2017.

2

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Care Act 2014;

  • “commissioning data set” or “CDS” means a collection of patient-level data on a particular activity;

  • “health service hospital” has the same meaning as in section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 20062;

  • “the Information Centre” means the Health and Social Care Information Centre3.