Legislation – Health and Social Care Act 2012
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PART 3Regulation of health and adult social care services
CHAPTER 6Financial assistance in special administration cases
Applications for financial assistance
136Applications
(1)
F1NHS England may, on an application by a special administrator, provide financial assistance to the special administrator by using a mechanism established under section 134.
(2)
An application under this section must be in such form, and must be supported by such evidence or other information, as F1NHS England may require (and a requirement under this subsection may be imposed after the receipt, but before the determination, of the application).
(3)
If F1NHS England grants an application under this section, it must notify the applicant of—
(a)
the purpose for which the financial assistance is being provided, and
(b)
the other conditions to which its provision is subject.
(4)
The special administrator must secure that the financial assistance is used only—
(a)
for the purpose notified under subsection (3)(a), and
(b)
in accordance with the conditions notified under subsection (3)(b).
(5)
Financial assistance under this section may be provided only in the period during which the provider in question is in special administration.
(6)
If F2NHS England refuses an application under this section, it must notify the applicant of the reasons for the refusal.
(7)
F2NHS England must, on a request by an applicant whose application under this section has been refused, reconsider the application; but no individual involved in the decision to refuse the application may be involved in the decision on the reconsideration of the application.
(8)
For the purposes of reconsidering an application, F2NHS England may request information from the applicant.
(9)
F2NHS England must notify the applicant of its decision on reconsidering the application; and—
(a)
if F2NHS England grants the application, it must notify the applicant of the matters specified in subsection (3), and
(b)
if F2NHS England refuses the application, it must notify the applicant of the reasons for the refusal.
(10)
In this Chapter—
(a)
“special administrator” means—
(i)
a person appointed as a health special administrator under Chapter 5, 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.