The National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/559 |
| Year | 2015 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 2015.(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2015.(3) These Regulations apply to England only.(1) In these Regulations—
- “the 1996 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 1996;
- “the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;
- “the 2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2012;
- “the appointed day” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
- “a CCG” means a clinical commissioning group;
- “eligible body” means a body specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (l) of regulation 4(1) ;
- “insolvency” has the meaning given in section 247(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (meaning of “insolvency” and “go into liquidation”) ;
- “membership year”, in respect of any eligible body, means any 12 month period starting on 1st April during which the body is a member of the Scheme;
- “relevant function” means—
- (a) arranging for the provision of services for the purposes of the health service;
- (b) providing services for the purposes of the health service;
- (c) exercising functions in relation to the health service;
- (d) exercising powers under, or by virtue of, section 7 of the Health and Medicines Act 1988;
- (e) exercising powers under section 13W, 14Z5, 43(3) or 44 of, or paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 4 to, the 2006 Act;
- (f) exercising powers under section 243 or 270 of the 2012 Act; or
- (g) exercising powers by virtue of section 240(1) (a) or (b) of the 2012 Act;
- “relevant health services”—
- (a) means health services provided in England for the purposes of the health service, but
- (b) does not include primary care services;
- “the Scheme” means the scheme known as the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts.
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