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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Officers",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint a person acceptable to a Council to act as its Chief Officer and shall also, after consultation with the Council and subject to acceptance by the Council of any individual officer appointed, appoint persons to act as such other officers for the Council as he considers necessary.\n(2) The appointment of a person to act as an officer of a Council shall be made by the Secretary of State in a manner and for a period acceptable to the Council.\n(3) Persons appointed in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be employed by such Health Authority as the Secretary of State may determine for the purpose, in accordance with any regulations made and any directions given by the Secretary of State under the Act, and their services shall be made available to the Council by the employing authority for the period of the appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/657",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Health Councils (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/640/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:20.481612+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}