Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.

In these Regulations—

• “FHSAA” means the Family Health Service Appeal Authority constituted under section 169 of, and Schedule 13 to, the NHS Act 2006;

• “NHS Act 2006” means the National Health Service Act 2006^f1;

• “NHS body” means—

  1. (a)

     an English NHS body^f2;

  2. (b)

     the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG)^f3;

  3. (c)

     the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts^f4;

  4. (d)

     the National Assembly for Wales;

  5. (e)

     the Wales Centre for Health^f5;

  6. (f)

     a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f6;

  7. (g)

     the Scottish Dental Practice Board constituted under section 4 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f7;

  8. (h)

     the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f8;

  9. (i)

     a National Health Service trust constituted under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f9;

  10. (j)

      the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for Health and Social Services established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972^f10;

  11. (k)

      a special health and social services agency established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990^f11;

  12. (l)

      a Health and Social Services Board established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

  13. (m)

      a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991^f12;

• “NHS tribunal” means the Tribunal constituted under section 46 of the National Health Service Act 1977^f13 for England and Wales;

• “Performers Lists Regulations” means the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004^f14;

• “pharmaceutical list” means a list published in accordance with regulations made under section 129(2)(a) of the NHS Act 2006.