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Down Syndrome Act 2022

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 8 Cited in Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2022 c. 18
Year2022
(1) The Secretary of State must give guidance to relevant authorities on steps it would be appropriate for them to take in order to meet the needs of persons with Down syndrome in the exercise of their relevant functions.(2) Relevant authorities must have due regard to the guidance in the exercise of their relevant functions.(3) Before giving the guidance the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.(4) The Secretary of State must publish the guidance in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.(5) The Secretary of State must lay the guidance before Parliament once it is published.(6) The Secretary of State may revise the guidance from time to time (and subsections (2) to (5) apply in relation to any revised guidance) .(7) For the meaning of “relevant authorities” and “relevant functions”, see the Schedule.(1) This Act extends to England and Wales.(2) This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.(3) This Act may be cited as the Down Syndrome Act 2022.In this Act, “relevant authority” means a person to whom any of paragraphs 2 to 5 applies.Those paragraphs also set out the functions that are the “relevant functions” of the relevant authorities for the purposes of this Act.the National Health Service Commissioning Board,a clinical commissioning group,a Special Health Authority established under section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006,a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of that Act, andan NHS foundation trust.The “relevant functions” of a person to whom this paragraph applies are all of its functions, so far as exercisable in or in relation to England.

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