Commentary on Sections Part 2: Pharmaceutical Services Reviews, variation and termination of pilot schemes Section 31: Reviews of Pilot Schemes
170.Section 31 deals with the review of pilot schemes. Subsection (1) requires that each pilot scheme be reviewed at least once by the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales, and subsection (2) requires that this be done within three years of services first being provided under the scheme. Subsection (3) requires the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales to give the relevant Health Authority and the people providing services under each scheme an opportunity to comment as part of the review, but otherwise subsection (4) allows the procedure for the review to be at the discretion of the Secretary of State or National Assembly for Wales.