The Delegation of Additional Functions to the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/127
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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.

Section 2 Functions of NHS England to be exercisable by the NHS Business Services Authority

The NHS Business Services Authority is directed to exercise the functions of NHS England that NHS England —

(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 (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 10(9)(a) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (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).