The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1996

The Regulations provide for the criteria which must be satisfied for a matter to be referred for investigation, the procedure for investigation, appeals and the imposition of and arrangements to enforce sanctions. Consequential amendments are made to regulations 16, 17, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37 of and Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations (regulations 5 to 11 and 14). Transitional provisions (regulation 15) provide for complaints initiated before 1st April 1996 to proceed as though the principal Regulations had not been amended with the modification that references to “FHSAs” be replaced by references to the Health Authorities which succeed those FHSAs on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the Health Authorities Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 53.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/664, as amended by S.I. 1993/2972 and S.I. 1994/634 and S.I. 1995/3091.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/661 as amended by S.I. 1996/704.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1992/635 as amended by S.I. 1996/702.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1992/662 as amended by S.I. 1996/698.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1986/975 as amended by S.I. 1996/705.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1992/661 to which there have been amendments which are not relevant to this regulation.

[^f00008]: See Part III of Schedule 1 to the Directions as to the Functions of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority 1995 whereby the Secretary of State’s appellate functions under these Regulations are to be exercised by the Family Health Services Appeal Authority.

[^f00009]: 1972 c. 70; section 250(2) was amended by Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43); section 250(3) was amended by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48).

[^f00010]: See the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 1.

[^f00011]: See the Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24), section 1.

[^f00012]: See the Opticians Act 1989 (c. 44), section 1.

[^f00013]: 1989 c. 44.

[^f00014]: see section 10(7) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 53).

[^f00015]: Section 20 was amended by paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the Health Service Act 1980 (c. 53).

[^f00016]: S.I. 1996/709.

[^f00017]: 1977 (c. 49) see section 128 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^f00018]: 1995 c. 17.

[^f00019]: See section 17 of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”.

[^f00020]: 1980 c. 53.

[^f00021]: 1983 c. 41.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1985/39.

[^f00023]: See section 17 of the 1988 Act.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1981/432.

[^f00025]: 1984 c. 48.

[^f00026]: 1988 c. 49.

[^f00027]: 1990 c. 19.

[^f00028]: See section 17 of the 1988 Act.

[^f00029]: See section 17 of the 1988 Act.

[^f00030]: 1986 c. 66.

[^f00031]: S.I. 1987/2202.