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# The National Health Service (Notifiable Reconfigurations and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 15
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service (Notifiable Reconfigurations and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024
Made
8th January 2024
Laid before Parliament
9th January 2024
Coming into force
31st January 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 10A to, the National Health Service Act 2006.

## 1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Notifiable Reconfigurations and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 31st January 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in England.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 2013 Regulations” means the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013;
“responsible person” has the meaning given in regulation 20(1) of the 2013 Regulations.

## 2 Notifiable reconfigurations {#regulation-2}

(1) A reconfiguration of NHS services is a notifiable reconfiguration for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 10A to the National Health Service Act 2006 if it falls within paragraph (2).
(2) Subject to regulation 3, a reconfiguration of NHS services falls within this paragraph if a responsible person is obliged to undertake a consultation in respect of a proposal for such a reconfiguration under regulation 23(1)(a) of the 2013 Regulations.

## 3 Transitional provision {#regulation-3}

A reconfiguration of NHS services will not be notifiable if, prior to 31st January 2024, a responsible person has begun a consultation in respect of a proposal for such a reconfiguration under regulation 23(1)(a) of the 2013 Regulations.