{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Composition of Councils",
  "text": "(1) The members of a Council shall be appointed—\n(a) in the case of certain members, by the relevant local authorities in accordance with regulation 4,\n(b) in the case of certain other members, by the voluntary organisations determined in accordance with regulation 5, and\n(c) in the case of the remaining members, by the Secretary of State;\nand for this purpose the Secretary of State shall, when establishing a Council, determine the number of its members to be appointed by each of the categories of appointing authorities mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall exercise his power of determination under paragraph (1) so as to secure that—\n(a) at least one member is appointed by each of the relevant local authorities;\n(b) at least half of the members are appointed by local authorities; and\n(c) at least one-third of the members are appointed by voluntary organisations.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Council and with such other bodies as he may consider appropriate, vary the total membership or the composition of that Council, whether or not the variations is accompanied by a variation in the district or part of the district for which the Council is established.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/657",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Health Councils (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/640/regulation/2",
    "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."
}