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Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

2640

 

Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

‘( )    

Health special administration regulations may in particular make provision about

 

the publication and maintenance by Monitor of a list of relevant providers.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

156

 

Page  135,  line  33  [Clause  133],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Health special administration regulations may in particular—

 

(a)    

require Monitor to publish guidance for commissioners about the

 

application of the criteria referred to in section 132(1)(a);

 

(b)    

confer power on Monitor to revise guidance published by virtue of

 

paragraph (a) and require it to publish guidance so revised;

 

(c)    

require Monitor, before publishing guidance by virtue of paragraph (a) or

 

(b), to obtain the approval of the Secretary of State and the National

 

Health Service Commissioning Board;

 

(d)    

require commissioners, when applying the criteria referred to in section

 

132(1)(a), to have regard to such matters as Monitor may specify in

 

guidance published by virtue of paragraph (a);

 

(e)    

require the National Health Service Commissioning Board to make

 

arrangements for facilitating agreement between commissioners in their

 

exercise of their function under section 132(1)(a);

 

(f)    

confer power on the Board, where commissioners fail to reach agreement

 

in pursuance of arrangements made by virtue of paragraph (e), to exercise

 

their function under section 132(1)(a);

 

(g)    

provide that, in consequence of the exercise of the power conferred by

 

virtue of paragraph (f), the function under section 132(1)(a), so far as

 

applying to the commissioners concerned, is to be regarded as

 

discharged;

 

(h)    

require a health special administrator to carry out in accordance with the

 

regulations consultation on the action which the administrator

 

recommends should be taken in relation to the provider concerned.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

157

 

Page  135,  line  42  [Clause  133],  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

158

 

Page  136,  line  5  [Clause  133],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

the power to make rules in relation to Scotland is exercisable by the

 

Secretary of State;’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

159

 

Page  136,  line  19  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘licence holder’ and insert ‘person’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

160

 

Page  136,  line  21  [Clause  134],  at end insert ‘, and

 

( )    

for modifications made to a transfer scheme by virtue of paragraph (b) to

 

have effect from such time as Monitor may specify (which may be a time

 

before the modifications were made).’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

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Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

161

 

Page  136,  line  23  [Clause  134],  at end insert—

 

‘(za)    

for the transfer of rights and liabilities under or in connection with a

 

contract of employment from a company subject to a health special

 

administration order to another person,’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

162

 

Page  136,  line  24  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘rights and liabilities’ and insert ‘or rights

 

and liabilities other than those mentioned in paragraph (za)’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

163

 

Page  136,  line  24  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘an NHS foundation trust or’ and insert

 

‘a’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

164

 

Page  136,  line  26  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘licence holder’ and insert ‘person’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

165

 

Page  136,  line  26  [Clause  134],  leave out ‘(including’ and insert—

 

‘( )    

for the transfer of’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

166

 

Page  137,  line  10  [Clause  137],  after ‘to’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

167

 

Page  137,  line  11  [Clause  137],  at end insert ‘, or

 

(b)    

an order under section 65D(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006

 

(trust special administration for NHS foundation trusts).’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

168

 

Page  137,  line  16  [Clause  137],  after ‘135’, insert ‘or under section 65D(11) of the

 

National Health Service Act 2006’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

169

 

Page  137,  line  27  [Clause  137],  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

170

 

Page  138,  line  16  [Clause  139],  leave out ‘health’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

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Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

171

 

Page  138,  line  17  [Clause  139],  leave out ‘health’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

172

 

Page  138,  line  27  [Clause  139],  leave out ‘health’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

173

 

Page  138,  line  32  [Clause  139],  leave out ‘health’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

174

 

Page  139,  line  5  [Clause  139],  leave out from ‘Chapter’ to end of line 6 and insert

 

‘—

 

(a)    

“special administrator” means—

 

(i)    

a person appointed as a health special administrator under

 

Chapter 6, or

 

(ii)    

a person appointed as a trust special administrator under section

 

65D(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006, and

 

(b)    

references to being in special administration are to be construed

 

accordingly.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

175

 

Page  139,  line  11  [Clause  140],  leave out ‘designated services’ and insert ‘one or

 

more of the health care services that it provides for the purposes of the NHS’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

176

 

Page  139,  line  17  [Clause  140],  leave out ‘health’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

177

 

Page  139,  line  32  [Clause  141],  leave out ‘designated services’ and insert ‘health

 

care services for the purposes of the NHS’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

178

 

Page  143,  line  19  [Clause  146],  leave out ‘health’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

179

 

Page  144,  line  12  [Clause  147],  after ‘6,’ insert—

 

‘( )    

the procedure for trust special administration for NHS foundation trusts

 

under Chapter 5A of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006,’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

180

 

Page  147  [Clause  153],  leave out line 34.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

2643

 

Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

181

 

Page  156,  line  39  [Clause  166],  leave out subsections (1) and (2).

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

182

 

Page  157  [Clause  166],  leave out lines 7 to 11 and insert—

 

‘(6)    

In relation to each exercise of the power under that subsection during the

 

year to which the report relates, the report must specify the amount of the

 

loan, issue of public dividend capital, grant or other payment and—

 

(a)    

in the case of a loan, the amount (if any) outstanding at the end

 

of the year and the other terms on which the loan was made,

 

(b)    

in the case of an issue of public dividend capital, the terms on

 

which it was issued (or, where a decision under section 42(3) is

 

made in relation to it during that year, the terms so decided as

 

those on which it is treated as having been issued), and

 

(c)    

in the case of a grant or other payment, the terms on which it was

 

made.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

183

 

Page  157,  line  17  [Clause  166],  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

A report under subsection (5) must, in relation to each NHS foundation

 

trust, specify—

 

(a)    

the amount of the public dividend capital of that trust at the end

 

of the year to which the report relates, and

 

(b)    

the conditions on which it is held.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

184

 

Page  157,  line  21  [Clause  166],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

185

 

Page  160,  line  24  [Clause  171],  after ‘(1)’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (b), after “NHS trust” insert “established under section 25”,

 

and

 

(b)    

’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

186

 

Page  161,  line  8  [Clause  172],  after second ‘trust’, insert ‘established under section

 

25’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

187

 

Page  163,  line  12  [Clause  175],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 271(3)(b) of that Act (territorial limit of exercise of functions under

 

Chapter 5), for “Part 1” substitute “Part 2”.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

2644

 

Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

188

 

Page  163,  line  17  [Clause  176],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

Omit sections 53 to 55 of, and Schedule 9 to, that Act (voluntary arrangements

 

and dissolution); and in consequence of that—

 

(a)    

in section 57 of that Act (as amended by section 175 of this Act)—

 

(i)    

in subsection (3)(a), for “the persons mentioned in section 54(4)”

 

substitute “another NHS foundation trust, an NHS trust

 

established under section 25 or the Secretary of State”,

 

(ii)    

omit subsection (3)(b), and

 

(iii)    

in subsection (4), for “any of the bodies mentioned in section

 

54(4)(a) or (c)” substitute “another NHS foundation trust or an

 

NHS trust established under section 25”,

 

(b)    

in section 64(4) of that Act (as amended by section 175 of this Act), omit

 

paragraph (b) (but not the following “or”), and

 

(c)    

omit section 18(2) to (6) and (11) of the Health Act 2009.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

189

 

Page  163,  line  39  [Clause  177],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

For the title to section 65B of that Act substitute “NHS trusts: appointment of

 

trust special administrator”.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

190

 

Page  164,  line  6  [Clause  177],  after ‘trust.’, insert—

 

‘(3)    

As soon as reasonably practicable after the making of an order under

 

subsection (2), the Care Quality Commission must provide to the

 

regulator a report on the safety and quality of the services that the trust

 

provides under this Act.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

191

 

Page  164,  line  12  [Clause  177],  leave out ‘(but not the “and” following it)’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

192

 

Page  164,  line  12  [Clause  177],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

in paragraph (c), omit “goods or”’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

193

 

Page  164,  line  12  [Clause  177],  at end insert ‘, and

 

( )    

after paragraph (c) insert “, and

 

(d)    

the Care Quality Commission.”’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

194

 

Page  164,  line  26  [Clause  177],  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

A person appointed as a trust special administrator under this section

 

must manage the trust’s affairs, business and property, and exercise the


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

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Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

trust special administrator’s functions, so as to achieve the objective set

 

out in section 65DA as quickly and as efficiently as is reasonably

 

practicable.’

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

195

 

Page  164,  line  34  [Clause  177],  leave out ‘The Secretary of State’ and insert ‘The

 

regulator’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

196

 

Page  164,  line  35  [Clause  177],  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

 

regulator’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

197

 

Page  164,  line  42  [Clause  178],  leave out from ‘(2)’ to end of line 43 and insert ‘—

 

(a)    

before paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(za)    

the Board,”, and

 

(b)    

omit paragraph (a) (but not the following “and”).’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

198

 

Page  165,  line  4  [Clause  178],  after ‘regulator.’, insert—

 

‘(5)    

In the case of an NHS foundation trust, the administrator may not provide

 

the draft report to the regulator under subsection (1)—

 

(a)    

without having obtained from each commissioner a statement

 

that the commissioner considers that the recommendation in the

 

draft report would achieve the objective set out in section 65DA,

 

or

 

(b)    

where the administrator does not obtain a statement to that effect

 

from one or more commissioners (other than the Board), without

 

having obtained a statement to that effect from the Board.

 

(6)    

Where the Board decides not to provide to the administrator a statement

 

to that effect, the Board must—

 

(a)    

give a notice of the reasons for its decision to the administrator

 

and to the regulator;

 

(b)    

publish the notice;

 

(c)    

lay a copy of it before Parliament.

 

(7)    

In subsection (5), “commissioner” means a person to which the trust

 

provides services under this Act.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

199

 

Page  165,  line  4  [Clause  178],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

At the end of section 65G of that Act (consultation plan) insert—

 

“(4)    

In the case of an NHS foundation trust, the administrator may not make

 

a variation to the draft report following the consultation period—

 

(a)    

without having obtained from each commissioner a statement

 

that the commissioner considers that the recommendation in the


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 1 September 2011                  

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Health and Social Care (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

draft report as so varied would achieve the objective set out in

 

section 65DA, or

 

(b)    

where the administrator does not obtain a statement to that effect

 

from one or more commissioners (other than the Board), without

 

having obtained a statement to that effect from the Board.

 

(5)    

Where the Board decides not to provide to the administrator a statement

 

to that effect, the Board must—

 

(a)    

give a notice of the reasons for its decision to the administrator

 

and to the regulator;

 

(b)    

publish the notice;

 

(c)    

lay a copy of it before Parliament.

 

(6)    

In subsection (4), “commissioner” means a person to which the trust

 

provides services under this Act.”’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

200

 

Page  165,  line  5  [Clause  178],  leave out from ‘(7)’ to end of line 7 and insert ‘—

 

(a)    

before paragraph (a) insert—

 

“(za)    

the Board,”,

 

(b)    

omit paragraph (a),

 

(c)    

in paragraph (b), omit “, if required by directions given by the Secretary

 

of State”, and

 

(d)    

after paragraph (c) insert “;

 

(d)    

any other person specified in a direction given by the

 

Secretary of State.”’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

201

 

Page  165,  line  8  [Clause  178],  leave out from ‘section,’ to end of line 10 and insert

 

‘omit paragraphs (a) to (d)’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

202

 

Page  165,  line  10  [Clause  178],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In subsection (9) of that section—

 

(a)    

after “representatives of” insert “the Board and”, and

 

(b)    

for “(7)(a) or (b)” substitute “(7)(b), (c) or (d)”.’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

203

 

Page  165,  line  13  [Clause  178],  after ‘trust’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

in subsection (7)(b), the words “goods or” are to be ignored, and

 

(b)    

in subsections (7)(d) and (10),’.

 

Mr Secretary Lansley

 

204

 

Page  165,  line  14  [Clause  178],  after ‘regulator.’, insert—

 

‘(13)    

In the case of an NHS foundation trust, the Secretary of State may direct

 

the regulator as to persons from whom it should direct the administrator

 

under subsection (10) to request or seek a response.’.


 
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