Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 28)

(1) The M1 Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 is amended as follows. (2) In section 2A (health service providers subject to investigation)— (a) in subsection (1) after the words “if they are” there is inserted “ or were at the time of the action complained of ” ; F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In section 2B (independent providers subject to investigation)— (a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) after the words “they are” there is inserted “ or were at the time of the action complained of ” ; (b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) after the words “they are not” there is inserted “ or were not at the time of the action complained of ” ; F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textual Amendments F1 S. 1(2)(b) repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10) , s. 40 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2005/2800 , art. 5(1) (3) F2 S. 1(3)(c) (d) repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10) , s. 40 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2005/2800 , art. 5(1) (3) ; S.I. 2005/2800 , art. 5(1) (3) Marginal Citations M1 1993 c. 46 .

In section 9 of the M2 Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (requirements to be complied with), after subsection (4) there is inserted— “ (4A) In the case of a complaint against a person who is no longer of a description set out in section 2A(1) or (2), but was of such a description at the time of the action complained of, the Commissioner shall not entertain the complaint if it is made more than three years after the last day on which the person was a family health service provider. (4B) In the case of a complaint against a person falling within section 2B(1) or (2) in relation to whom there are no longer any such arrangements as are mentioned there, the Commissioner shall not entertain the complaint if it is made more than three years after the last day on which the person was an independent provider. ” Marginal Citations M2 1993 c. 46 .