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The Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Order 2013

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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 4(4) of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

National Health Service

Representation Of The People

Made 2013

Coming into force 31st December 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1) and 10(2) of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 4(4) of that Actf2, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 asp 5.

f2

Section 4(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocation of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009
  3. 3Incidental, consequential and saving provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 31st December 2013.

2Revocation of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009

The Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009f1 is revoked.

3Incidental, consequential and saving provision

(1)

Notwithstanding article 2, section 1(1) to (5) and (7) of the Act continues in force for the specified areas.

(2)

Section 6(4) of the Act has effect only in respect of the specified areas.

(3)

In this article—

  • “the Act” means the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009;

  • “specified areas” means the areas for which—

    1. (a)

      Fife Health Board; and

    2. (b)

      Dumfries and Galloway Health Board,

are constitutedf1.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009, which commenced sections 1 to 3 of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 in respect of Fife and Dumfries and Galloway Health Board areas for the purpose of piloting Health Board elections in those areas. This Order brings the pilot scheme to an end in terms of section 6 of the 2009 Act. The Order also makes incidental, consequential and saving provision.