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1Citation, commencement, interpretation and application#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.
(2)In these Regulations, “the PVH Regulations” means the Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001.
(3)These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
2Amendment of the PVH Regulations#
In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the PVH Regulations, in paragraph (1), in the appropriate alphabetical position, insert—“• “certificate” means a certificate of registration;• “existing provider” means a person who immediately before 1st August 2006 was registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 as carrying on an independent hospital, an independent clinic or an independent medical agency;• “Fees Regulations” means the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations 2004;• “new provider” means a person who carries on an independent hospital, an independent clinic or an independent medical agency and did so for the first time on or after 1st August 2006.”
3Amendment of the PVH Regulations#
After regulation 32A of the PVH Regulations, insert—“32B The annual fee due under section 16(3) of the Act shall be payable by the registered provider on—a in the case of an existing provider whose annual fee became payable under regulation 5 of the Fees Regulations between 1st April 2006 and 31st July 2006 (including on either of those two dates), 1st August 2006 and thereafter on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under regulation 5 of those Regulations;b in the case of any other existing provider, the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under regulation 5 of the Fees Regulations; andc in the case of a new provider, the date on which the certificate is issued and thereafter on the anniversary of that date.”
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