2022 No. 1202 (W. 247) (C. 93)

Health Services, Wales
National Health Service, Wales

The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Made

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 186(2) of the Health and Care Act 20221.

Title1

The title of these Regulations is the Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Regulations 2022.

Provision coming into force on 22 November 20222

Section 161(2) of the Health and Care Act 2022 comes into force on 22 November 2022.

Eluned MorganMinister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the first commencement regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under the Health and Care Act 2022 (“the Act”). They bring into force section 161(2) of the Act in relation to Wales on 22 November 2022.

Section 161(2) amends section 88 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. Section 88 confers a power on the Welsh Ministers to make regulations in relation to determining remuneration for persons providing pharmaceutical services. Section 161(2) of the Act amends the powers that enable regulations to be made to establish different payment arrangements for special medicinal products to include products for vaccinating and immunising, medicines or drugs used for preventing or treating pandemic or potential pandemic diseases, and associated products.