The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/2987
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) The amendment, repeal or revocation of any provision by this Order has the same extent as the provision being amended, repealed or revoked.

Section 2 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

(1) The enactments specified below are amended as there specified—

(a) in the Audit Commission Act 1998, in section 33(6)(c) (studies for improving economy etc. in services) , for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”;

(b) in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, in section 48(6) (material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business) —

(i) after “National Health Service Act 1977,” insert “the Commission for Social Care Inspection,”; and

(ii) for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”;

(c) in the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, in section 4(2) (ff) ( NHS contracts) and section 21(2)(bb) (schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health service bodies) , for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”;

(d) in the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, in section 20(7)(b) (the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health) , for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”;

(e) in the Race Relations Act 1976, in Schedule 1A, Part 2 (bodies and other persons subject to general statutory duty) , in the appropriate alphabetical order of the entries in that Part, insert entries for the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and the Commission for Social Care Inspection;

(f) in the Road Traffic Act 1988, in section 144(2) (exemptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security) —

(i) in paragraph (da), for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”; and

(ii) at the end, add “(g) to a vehicle owned by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control”;

(g) in the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, in Schedule 2 (exempt vehicles), in paragraph 7 —

(i) in sub-paragraph (c), for “Commission for Health Improvement” substitute “Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection”; and

(ii) after paragraph (e), add

or

(f) the Commission for Social Care Inspection

(2) The enactments specified below are repealed or revoked (as the case may be) to the extent specified—

(a) in the Race Relations Act 1976, in Schedule 1A, Part 2, the reference to the Commission for Health Improvement; and

(b) in the Schedule to the Race Relations Act 1976 (General Statutory Duty) Order 2001 , the reference to the Commission for Health Improvement.