The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“accredited Counter Fraud Specialist” means a person accredited by the Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board(1) or similar organisation providing counter fraud prevention, detection and investigation accreditation to government departments;

“authorised officer” means officers authorised under paragraph 4(1);

“the delegated functions” means the functions delegated to the Authority under paragraph 2(1);

“designated officer” means an officer designated pursuant to paragraph 3(1) and, in respect of any given authorisation granted to or being considered in relation to a senior officer or authorised officer, “the designated officer concerned” means the designated officer who is considering or who granted that authorisation.

(1)

The Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board is a non-statutory regulatory body financed, and run by representatives from, in particular, the Department of Work and Pensions and its agencies, the Department of Health, certain local government bodies, HM Revenue and Customs, and the UK Passport Agency, and hosted by the University of Portsmouth, with the purposes of ensuring the delivery of professional counter fraud training and academic study and that, once qualified, those who are accredited maintain their professional standards.