The Delegation of Additional Functions to the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/127 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 127
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Delegation of Additional Functions to the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Regulations 2015
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The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and 273(4)(b)(zi) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1).
The Secretary of State for Health has consulted the National Health Service Commissioning Board( 2) in accordance with section 7(1B) of that Act( 3).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Delegation of Additional Functions to the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
Functions of the National Health Service Commissioning Board to be exercisable by the NHS Business Services Authority
2. The NHS Business Services Authority( 4) is directed to exercise the functions of the National Health Service Commissioning Board that the Board-
(a) may exercise by virtue of being prescribed as a qualifying person by regulation 3(1)(b) of the Social Security (Information-sharing) (NHS Payments and Remission of Charges etc.) (England) Regulations 2015( 5) (qualifying persons for the purposes of information-sharing by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions), including its functions under regulation 9 of those Regulations (which relates to disclosure of personal data by qualifying persons to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions);(b) must exercise under regulation 7(7)(a) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000( 6) (which relates to the recovery of charges for the supply of drugs or appliances where a person's claim for an exemption from such a charge is not substantiated).Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. |
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Earl Howe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health |
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5th February 2015 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations delegate to the NHS Business Services Authority ("NHSBSA") certain functions of the National Health Service Commissioning Board ("NHSCB").
Regulation 2(a) requires the NHSBSA to perform the functions conferred on the NHSCB by virtue of being prescribed as a "qualifying person" by the Social Security (Information-sharing) (NHS Payments and Remission of Charges etc.)...
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