- Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 631
The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2005
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| Made | 10th March 2005 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 10th March 2005 | ||
| Coming into force | 31st March 2005 |
The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 200(1) and 201(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with section 199(2)(b)(iv) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order: -
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 31st March 2005.
(2) In this Order -
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"the Act" means the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003;
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"the CHI" means the Commission for Health Improvement[2].
CHI - Accounts
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- (1) The CHAI must prepare the annual accounts of the CHI in respect of the year beginning on 1st April 2003 and ending on 31st March 2004 in such form as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2) The CHAI must send copies of those annual accounts to the Secretary of State and the Comptroller and Auditor General within such period as the Secretary of State may determine.
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor General must examine, certify and report on those annual accounts and must lay copies of those accounts and of his report before Parliament.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Warner
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
10th March 2005
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of Part 2 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ("the Act"). Part 2 of the Act is concerned with the establishment and functions of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection ("the CHAI"), also known as the "Healthcare Commission", and the Commission for Social Care Inspection ("the CSCI"). The CHAI will now carry out functions formerly carried out by the Commission for Health Improvement ("CHI") which was established under the Health Act 1999 and which is abolished under the Act.
Article 2 makes transitional provision for CHAI to prepare the annual accounts of CHI for the financial year 2003 - 2004, and for the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine, certify and report on those accounts, and to lay copies of those accounts and his report before Parliament.
Notes:
[1] 2003 c.43.back
[2] The CHI was established by section 19 of the Health Act 1999 (c.8), and abolished by section 44 of the Act.back
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