The Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2008
S.I. 2008/2792 · Made 26 October 2008
Public Health
National Health Service, England
Social Care
Made 26th October 2008
Laid before Parliament 31st October 2008
Coming into force 8th December 2008
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(b) and (d) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 2006f1:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2006 c. 28; see section 71(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of regulation 2 of the Appointments Commission Regulations 2006
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 8th December 2008.
2Amendment of regulation 2 of the Appointments Commission Regulations 2006
In regulation 2 of the Appointments Commission Regulations 2006f1 (membership of the Commission)—
in paragraph (1), for “five” substitute “four”; and
in paragraph (2), for “four” substitute “three”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
26th October 2008
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Appointments Commission Regulations 2006.
The Appointments Commission (“the Commission”) was established by the Health Act 2006. The membership of the Commission consists of the chairman, the chief executive and the number of non-executive members and executive members prescribed by regulations.
These Regulations reduce the prescribed number of non-executive members of the Commission from five to four, and the prescribed number of executive members of the Commission from four to three.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.