# Community Health Councils Regulations 2004, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Community Health Councils Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
(2) In these Regulations —
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“the 2001 Act” (“Deddf 2001”) means the Health and Social Care Act 2001
“the Assembly” (“y Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“appointing body” (“corff sy'n penodi”) means, in relation to the appointment of a Council member, the Assembly, a relevant local authority or a voluntary organisation;
“Chief Officer”(“Prif Swyddog”) means the person appointed under regulation 14 to act as Chief Officer of a Council;
“Council” (“Cyngor”) means a Community Health Council;
“CHC Board”(“Bwrdd CIC”) means the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales established by regulation 23 of these Regulations;
“Director” (“Cyfarwyddwr”) means the person appointed under regulation 24 to act as Director of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales;
“financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means the period of 12 months ending on 31st March in any year;
“member” (“aelod”) means, where the context so admits a member of a Council or a member of the CHC Board as the case may be;
“relevant local authority” (“awdurdod lleol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any county council or county borough council whose area or part of whose area, is included in the district of the Council;
“relevant Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Local Health Board whose area, or any part of whose area, is included in the district of the Council;
“relevant NHS Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth GIC perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any NHS Trust established in relation to a hospital, or other establishment or facility which provides services to persons resident within the district of the Council;
“relevant Primary Care Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth Gofal Sylfaenol berthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Primary Care Trust which provides services to persons resident in the district of the Council;
“relevant Strategic Health Authority” (“Awdurdod Iechyd Strategol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Strategic Health Authority which makes decisions affecting persons resident in the district of the Council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/905/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-2004/regulation-1
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